Personal details
He was a very wealthy man having amassed a fortune in India as director of the Balijan Tea Company, he rose to the position of Registrar General of Bengal in 1858 and then Administrator General of Bengal in 1860. He purchased Oakpark estates just outside Tralee from the Bateman family. On his return from India built a new mansion there from 1857 to 1860, (later known as Collis-Sandes House, now a 100-room conference centre) as a gift to his wife at a cost of £37000 (£4.5m today).
Relationships
Family
Stephen Creagh Sandes (1800 - 1866)
Francis Sandes (1800 - 1839)
Thomas Sandes (1801 - 1874)
Margaret Sandes (1806 - 1868)
Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes (1807 - 1879)
Robert Sandes (1813 - 1875)
Anna Sandes (1814 - 1872)
Falkiner Caleb Arthur Chute Sandes (1816 - 1874)
Elizabeth Sandes ( - 1835)
Richard Sandes ( - 1874)
Birth
Trinity College Dublin
He he took his BA in 1828 at Trinity College, Dublin.
Remembering the poor
Maurice and his wife were featured in the newspapers for their charitable efforts towards their staff.
Death
Probate
Died without heirs, he left under £1,500 from his personal estate in England to Stephen Edward Collis, Falkiner Sandes Collis Sandes and James McGillycuddy Magill.
