Benjamin Aymar Sands (1853-1917)
of 58 West 48th Street; New York City; Lawyer, of Bowers & Sands
He was born at 80 Fifth Avenue in New York City. After graduating from Columbia College Law School (LL.B. 1876) he briefly practised with Webb & Sprague before establishing his own firm in 1882, Bowers & Sands. He became a well-known corporate lawyer and was considered an authority on real estate titles. He was appointed Receiver of the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield Railroad; Vice-President of the Colorado Midland Railway; Vice-President of the American Mortgage Company and the State Investing Company; Trustee of the Greenwich Savings Bank; Chairman of the Board of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of London & Edinburgh; and, a Director of the Terminal Warehouse Company, the Lincoln Trust Company, the Fidelity Bank and Commonwealth Insurance Company, the United States Safe Deposit Company, the Mortgage Bond Company and the New York Trust Company.
He was a prominent member of the Republican Party. He was appointed a Presidential Elector in the 1904 Election and President of the Republican Club of the 27th Assembly District in 1905. He was an Executive Member of the New York City Bar Association, a Trustee of Columbia University, Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Governor and President (1910-1913) of the University Club. In 1878. he married Amy, daughter of William and Martha (Taber) Aiken. From 1906 to 1908 they lived at the mansion, 11 East 84th Street, which they shared with several of his siblings, before moving to 58 West 48th Street. Their only child, May, married Hugh, younger son of the 6th Earl of Wicklow.
He was a prominent member of the Republican Party. He was appointed a Presidential Elector in the 1904 Election and President of the Republican Club of the 27th Assembly District in 1905. He was an Executive Member of the New York City Bar Association, a Trustee of Columbia University, Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Governor and President (1910-1913) of the University Club. In 1878. he married Amy, daughter of William and Martha (Taber) Aiken. From 1906 to 1908 they lived at the mansion, 11 East 84th Street, which they shared with several of his siblings, before moving to 58 West 48th Street. Their only child, May, married Hugh, younger son of the 6th Earl of Wicklow.
