Miss Emily Sandeman
(1844-1925)
24 April 1861

Volume 3, page 138, sitting number 3243.

[The sitter is identified as 'Miss Emily Cecilia Sandeman' in the Silvy daybooks.]

Born in 1844, she was the third daughter of George Glas Sandeman and younger sister of Albert George Sandeman.

On 25 February 1873 at St James's Church in Paddington she married Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith (1838-1921), later Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith. The ceremony was performed by the bride's brother-in-law, Reverend Tupper Carey. 

Lady Bowden-Smith died, aged 81, on 25 April 1925 at 16 Queen's Gate Terrace, London. She left an estate valued at £21,738.

[From an album compiled by Charles Balfour, a British wine merchant importing sherry and port from Portugal. Born in Edinburgh on 22 August 1822, his father was James Balfour. In May 1852 he married Mary Ermelinda, daughter of Robert Woodhouse of Oporto in Portugal. The couple were married at the consulate then afterwards at the British chapel in Oporto. Charles Balfour died on 12 January 1876.]