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Mark Shand
Born
Mark Roland Shand

(1951-06-28)28 June 1951
London, England
DiedApril 23, 2014(2014-04-23) (aged 62)
Occupation(s)Travel writer, Conservationist
SpouseClio Goldsmith (1990–2014)
ChildrenAyesha Shand
Parent(s)Major Bruce Shand
The Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt
RelativesCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall (sister)
Annabel Elliot (sister)
Sonia Cubitt, Baroness Ashcombe (grandmother)
Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (grandfather)
Edward Goldsmith (father-in-law)

Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 - 23 April 2014), was a British travel writer and conservationist known for being Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's brother.[1][2][3] He was chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation.[4]

Family

Shand was the son of Major Bruce Shand and his wife the Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe and the former Sonia Keppel. He was brother to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Annabel Elliot.[3] He was educated at Milton Abbey School. In 1990, he married Clio Goldsmith, a French former actress and a daughter of Edward Goldsmith. They had a daughter named Ayesha.[5]

Career

Shand was the author of Travels on My Elephant,[6] River Dog[7] and other books.[8] He has also been featured in many documentaries, some related to his writings. Elephants are featured in many of his writings and other pursuits. Being an unabashed Indophile, the majority of his writings and TV features are Indo-Nostalgic. He has a deep interest in the Hindu religion and Indian culture.[3]

As a BBC conservationist and travel writer, he authored a book and the corresponding BBC documentary Queen of the Elephants, based on the life of the first female mahout in recent times — Parbati Barua of Kaziranga. The book went on to win the 1996 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Prix Litteraire d'Amis, providing publicity simultaneously to the profession of mahouts, and to Kaziranga.[9] Shand is actively involved in the conservation of the Asian elephant and co-founded a charity called Elephant Family. He also wrote a book about his adventure with "Tara" (his elephant) in India.[3]

On 23 April, 2014 it was reported that Shand had been taken to a New York hospital after sustaining a serious head injury caused by a fall outside a New York night club after lighting a cigarette. He had been attending an after show party for a fund raising event in the city.[10] Later that same day, it was reported that Shand had died.

Ancestry

Family of Mark Shand
16. Hugh Morton Shand
8. Alexander Faulkner Shand
17. Edrica Faulkner
4. Philip Morton Shand
18. Charles Coates
9. Augusta Mary Coates
19. Sarah Clegg Hope
2. Bruce Shand
20. Henry Harrington
10. George Woods Harrington
21. Eliza Woods
5. Edith Marguerite Harrington
22. Frederick Stillman
11. Alice Edith Stillman
23. Ann Endle
1. Mark Roland Shand
24. George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe
12. Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe
25. Laura Joyce
6. Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe
26. Archibald Motteux Calvert
13. Maud Marianne Calvert
27. Constance Maria Peters
3. The Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt
28. William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle
14. George Keppel
29. Sophia Mary MacNab
7. Sonia Rosemary Keppel
30. Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet
15. Alice Edmonstone
31. Mary Elizabeth Parsons

References

  1. ^ "The Elephant Man". wmagazine. March 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Duchess of Cornwall Background". royal.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Mark Shand is the Elephant man, Lifestyle : Mark Shand
  4. ^ "Elephant Family". elephantfamily.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Camilla's brother in love split?". The Daily Mail. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  6. ^ Shand, Mark. "Travels on my Elephant". Amazon. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  7. ^ Shand, Mark. "River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra". Amazon. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Down the Brahmaputra". The Hindu. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  9. ^ Bordoloi, Anupam (15 March 2005). "Wild at heart". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
  10. ^ Duchess of Cornwall's brother sustains serious head injury BBC News 23 April 2014

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