Sandeman (wine)

Brothers George and David Sandeman from Perth founded the company{{Cite web|url=http://branchesofmytree.weebly.com/100-ancestors/w6-the-sandeman-port-ancestor|title=W6 : The Sandeman Port ancestor}}{{Better source needed|reason=Most sources including Sandeman's website do not highlight the involvement of David Sandeman and this bareurl is effectively a blog|date=May 2018}} in 1790 with £300. David left the company in 1798 to found the Commercial Bank of Scotland leaving George in sole charge.

In 1953, Sandeman bought the port company Robertson Brothers.{{Cite web |title=Vintageport.se, Vintage Port - Robertson Brothers |url=https://www.vintageport.se/house/RebelloValente.php |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=www.vintageport.se}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ig0LGjb6raoC&dq=1953,+Sandeman+Robertson+Brothers&pg=PA456 |title=Index of Trademarks Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=1953 |publisher=The Office |pages=456 |language=en}}

Initially passed to his nephew, George Glas Sandeman,{{cite web|url=http://www.vintageport.se/house/Sandeman.php|access-date=15 April 2017|title=Sandeman|publisher=Vintage Port(Sweden)}} Sandeman remained a family business until bought out by the drinks company Seagram in 1979.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/9573561/A-farewell-glass-of-red-wine-to-Patrick-Sandeman-a-man-who-loved-life.html|access-date=14 April 2017|date=28 September 2012|last=Moore|first=Victoria|publisher=Daily Telegraph|title=A farewell glass of red wine to Patrick Sandeman - a man who loved life}} In 2001 the operation was sold to Sogrape by Diageo and Pernod Ricard who had acquired it from Seagram.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/9573561/A-farewell-glass-of-red-wine-to-Patrick-Sandeman-a-man-who-loved-life.html|access-date=14 April 2017|date=29 July 2001|last=Reece|first=Damian|publisher=Daily Telegraph|title=Sogrape lines up Sandeman buy}} A descendant, George Thomas David Sandeman is a member of the board of Sogrape Vinhos S.A.

The founder George Sandeman, whose father was also George, was descended from the marriage of David Sandeman to Margret Ramsey in 1716, whose offspring included a notable Glasite theologian Robert Sandeman and the Perthshire linen manufacturer William Sandeman. Family descendants remained owners of the wine business until 1993. In the nineteenth century the family became associated with Hayling Island coming to live at Westfield House in West Town, Hayling Island and with a family grave in St. Mary's Church.{{cite book|title=A Guide to Hayling Island - Its Attractions History & Legends|chapter=The Sandeman Family}} The Hayling Golf Club was founded by Fleetwood Sandeman in 1883.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haylinggolf.co.uk/history_copy|title=Club History|website=www.haylinggolf.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-07-26}}

Lea & Sandeman is an independent wine merchant formed by Patrick Sandeman and Charles Lea in 1993. Patrick was a member of the Sandeman family who had initially worked for Seagram. He died in a skydiving accident in 2012 and his wife Katie succeeded him as a director.{{cite web|url=https://www.leaandsandeman.co.uk/blog/2012/11/katie-sandeman-appointed-director-of-lea-sandeman/|date=15 November 2012|access-date=14 April 2017|title=Katie Sandeman appointed Director of Lea & Sandeman}}

• Albert George Sandeman – Chairman of company and former Governor of the Bank of England

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• [http://www.sandeman.com/ Official Website]
• [https://archive.org/details/sandemangenealog00sand Sandeman Family Genealogy]

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