that Sandford gave to his two sons are the after the names of the ironworks that Sandford was running, at the time that each of his sons was born, the Fitzroy Iron Works and the Eskbank Ironworks respectively. Sandford retained contact with his brother Robert, who remained in Torrington, Devon, and owned a butter factory. Another brother, was John Sandford, Senior, who visited Lithgow from the U.S.A. in 1900. By June 1903, he was living at Sausalito—having taken over the Geneva Hotel there not long before it was demolished in 1904—and later was at St. Helena, running the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, when it was destroyed by fire in August 1905. The Sandford brothers all seem to have held far grander business ambitions than any of them were to achieve. Later in life, Sandford was reconciled with the son of his first marriage, John (or Jack) Sandford—also known as John Sandford, Junior. John came out to Lithgow with his wife and lived there for a number of years, while employed as the ironworks manager, causing some tension in the family. Later he returned to England, where he became his father's overseas agent. He and his wife came back to Lithgow in July 1907. Ostensibly, he was visiting only for a few months. John was a director of William Sandford Limited and acting works manager, around the time that the company finally failed. Death William Sandford died on 29 May 1932, aged 90, at his home, 'Iona', 16 Ethel Street, Eastwood, only months after the last of the Lithgow steelworks operations finally closed. He was survived by his second wife, Caroline, a daughter and one of his two sons by Caroline, and a daughter and a son from his earlier English marriage. His will only recognised his Australian-born children by Caroline. Caroline died in 1934. Sandford's modest grave lies in the Anglican section of the Macquarie Park (formerly Northern Suburbs General) Cemetery . His epitaph reads, "Pioneer of Iron & Steel Industry." He lies with his wife, Caroline, and nearby lie the graves of two of his children, Frederick (Esk) and Clarice. His other son, Roy, was cremated. See also Lithgow Blast Furnace Fitzroy Iron Works Charles Hoskins References External links Lysaght Wire Netting Works at Chiswick, NSW 1841 births 1932 deaths Australian ironmasters 19th-century Australian businesspeople 20th-century Australian businesspeople Lithgow, New South Wales Australian manufacturing businesspeople