Thomas Sandison

Thomas Johnson Sandison (b. 7 May 1855, Lerwick, d. 9 June 1930, Unst) son of Alexander Sandison was a County Councillor for Unst South between 1898 and 1901, then was elected to Sandness from 1902 to 1904, Yell North between 1906 and 1907, before finally returning to Unst South 1907-1910.

His dad Alexander Sandison and brother John was were both councillors.

Biography

Thomas joined his father's business at a young age and spent his career there. He was a church Elder and a member of the School Board.

When he died he left an estate valued £9,350, worth about £515k in 2024.

Zetland County Council
Preceded by Alexander Sandison	Member for Unst South 1898-1901	Succeeded by John Sandison
Preceded by Eustace Bankart	Member for Sandness 1902-1904	Succeeded by David Sutherland
Preceded by Zachary Hamilton	Member for Yell North 1906-1907	Succeeded by John Sandison
Preceded by John Sandison	Member for Unst South 1907-1910	Succeeded by John Sandison

[Expand]Sandness County Councillors
_Councillors	_{James Goudie (1890-1891) • James Cullen Grierson (1892-1895) • Herbert Anderton (1895-1898) • Eustace Bankart (1898-1902) • Thomas Sandison (1902-1904) • David Sutherland (1904-1921) • John Harrison (1921-1925) • Robert Jamieson (1925-1928) • Robert J. H. Ganson (1928-1932) • James Jamieson (1932-1949) • Robert J. H. Ganson (1949-1970) • George Morrison (1970-1973) • Peter Garriock (1973-1975)}

[Expand]Unst South County Councillors
_Councillors	_{Alexander Sandison (1890-1898) • Thomas Sandison (1898-1901) • John Sandison (1902-1907) • Thomas Sandison (1907-1910) • John Sandison (1910-1929) • Basil Neven-Spence (1929-1935) • William Clark (1936-1938) • Andrew Irvine (1938-1942) • Henry Hunter (1942-1949) • James Matches (1949-1961) • Peter Hunter (1961-1970) • Alan Fraser (1970-1975)}

[Expand]Yell North County Councillors
_Councillors	_{Zachary Hamilton (1890-1906) • Thomas Sandison (1906-1907) • John Sandison (1907-1910) • Henry Mouat (1910-1919) • George Jamieson (1919-1922) • Lachlan MacFadyen (1922-1925) • James Mainland (1925-1929) • George Jamieson (1929-1932) • Robert Smith (1932-1948) • John Ratter (1948-1952) • John Stewart (1952-1955) • Amanda Youngman (1955-1961) • Andrew Peterson (1961-1962) • Hugh Sutherland (1962-1967) • Hugh Williamson (1967-1973) • Alexander Cluness (1973-1974) • David Johnson (1974-1975)}