In March 1854 William Sandover was granted the publican's licence for the Sturt Hotel, Grenfell Street, which was destroyed by fire some 18 months later.
He retired twelve years later, and apart from parliamentary duties and three trips to England (on one of these visits, taken aboard the City of London, son Alfred was born), lived quietly at his home "Rosslyn" in Rose Park.
[1] In April 1868 he was elected to the seat of Gumeracha in the Legislative Assembly, with Alexander Hay as colleague.
He did not stand at the following election in 1870, but in September 1873 won the vacant seat on the Legislative Council caused by the death of John Bentham Neales.
This was in the days when Legislative Council seats were voted for by the entire colony as a single electorate "The Province".