He married the writer for women,
Elizabeth Poole. Her books advised women to accept their domestic and secondary role to men. They had five sons including the eldest who was Henry Ryder Poole Sandford who was a school inspector. Henry married
Margaret Sandford who led
The Queen's School, Chester.[3] John and Elizabeth's other sons included
John, a cricketer and judicial official in
British India, and
Ernest and
Charles, who were both senior Anglican clergy.
References
^"Alumni oxonienses": the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster,J (Ed) Later Series S to Z p1252 Oxford, Parker & Co,1888