Margaret Sandbach

Margaret Sandbach (28 April 1812 – 23 June 1852) was an English poet and novelist.

Life Born Margaret Roscoe in Liverpool on 28 April 1812, her parents were the merchant Edward Roscoe and his wife and second cousin, Margaret Lace, who was a botanical illustrator and author. She had two brothers, one of whom died in infancy, and the other of whom was Edward Henry Roscoe, with whom she was very close. Their paternal grandfather was the historian William Roscoe and her family were prominent members of Unitarian society in Liverpool.

Margaret married Henry Robertson Sandbach on 4 May 1832. He was then living at Hafodunos, In time, her husband became a Justice of the Peace for Caernarvonshire and, in 1855, like his father, High Sheriff of Denbighshire.

Sandbach died at home on 23 June 1852 and was buried at nearby Llangernyw.

The historian Mark Baker and the singer Linda Lamb collaborated on a collection of songs based on the poems of Sandbach, and Lamb released an album title The Daughter of Fire and Water. Baker and Dewi Gregory also co-authored a book based on her life, published in 2013 as Margaret Sandbach: A Tragedy in Marble and Ink.