David Sandeman
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{{Infobox person
| name = David George Sandeman
| birth_date = 28 June 1757
| birth_place = Perth, Scotland
| death_date = 1835
| nationality = Scottish
| title = Sandemans Port (founder)
| spouse = Hannah Sandeman (first wife)
Margaret Fraser (second wife)
| children = Margaret Chisholm Sandeman
David Chisholm Sandeman
| mother = Jean Duncan of Seaside
| father = George Sandeman
}}
David George Sandeman FRSE (1757–1835) was an 18th/19th century Scottish merchant who was a founder of Sandemans Port and one of the co-founders of the Commercial Bank of Scotland. His family were all Glasites, an independent Christian sect, founded by one of their ancestors and sometimes called Sandemanians.
Life
He was born on 28 June 1757 in Perth, Scotland{{cite web |url=http://www.tolliss.com/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I15389&ged=Steigenberger |title=David George Sandeman 1757–1835 - webtrees |website=www.tolliss.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512112426/http://www.tolliss.com/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I15389&ged=Steigenberger |archive-date=2018-05-12}} the son of George Sandeman of Springland (1724-1803) and his wife, Jean Duncan of Seaside.{{Cite news|url=http://madeinperth.org/the-sandemans-of-springland/|title=The Sandemans of Springland|newspaper=Made in Perth ~ Official Website ~ Sc044155 |date=11 May 2014}} His younger brother was George Sandeman (1765-1841). In 1790/91 they jointly founded the company of Sandeman's Port.{{Cite web|url=http://branchesofmytree.weebly.com/100-ancestors/w6-the-sandeman-port-ancestor|title=W6 : The Sandeman Port ancestor}}
In 1798 David left the company to found the Commercial Bank of Scotland. Between 1805 and 1810 he moved to Edinburgh setting up David George Sandeman & Co at 11 Forth Street in the eastern New Town.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810 In 1810 he founded the Commercial Bank of Scotland, originally housed at 22 Picardy Place at the head of Leith Walk.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1812 In 1835, shortly before his death, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was James L'Amy.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-05-11|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}} He died at 4 Melville Street in the West End of Edinburgh on 24 May 1835.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1835
Family
He married twice, firstly to Hannah Sandeman (1765-1794) who is presumed to be his cousin. In 1797 he married Margaret Fraser of Dumballoch in Perth. Their daughter Margaret Chisholm Sandeman (b.1802) died in Rome.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I95106&tree=CC|title = David George Sandeman, of Springland, Perthshire d. Yes, date unknown: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy}} Their son was David Chisholm Sandeman (1806-1852).[https://www.myheritage.com/names/david_sandeman David Sandeman] myheritage.com {{user generated source|date=November 2023}}
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Category:People from Perth, Scotland
Category:Scottish company founders
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:18th-century Scottish merchants
Category:19th-century Scottish merchants
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