Mark Shand
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Born | Mark Roland Shand 28 June 1951 Travel writer |
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Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014) was a British
Family, education and marriage
Shand was born on 28 June 1951, as the son of Major
Shand was educated first at
In 1990, Shand married
Career
Shand published his first travel book Skulduggery in 1987, based on an expedition to
He was featured in many documentaries for the BBC and the
As a
Shand was actively involved in the conservation of the Asian elephant and co-founded a charity called Elephant Family in 2002.[21] His book Travels on My Elephant was about his adventure with "Tara" (his elephant) in India, who was the inspiration for the charity.[3][22] Shand was also a patron of Anti-Slavery International,[23] a member of the Royal Geographical Society and an honorary Chief Wildlife Warden of Assam.[17]
In 2014, Mark Shand was awarded "the Conservationist of the Year 2014" and received the Fragile Rhino award of
Death
On 23 April 2014, Shand was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, after sustaining a serious head injury caused by a fall outside the Rose Bar, of the Gramercy Park Hotel, after lighting a cigarette. Earlier in the evening he had attended a fund-raising auction at Sotheby's in aid of the Elephant Family.[25] He died later that same day.[25] His nephews Tom Parker Bowles and Ben Elliot flew to New York to escort his body back to the United Kingdom.[26] A private funeral service was held for Shand at Holy Trinity Church in Stourpaine, Dorset, on 1 May,[27] where his father's funeral service had been held.[28]
Legacy
To honour his memory as one of the greatest "wildlife" personalities of his generation, the Balipara Foundation Awards in
After his death, The Elephant Family received overwhelming support, in reply, the charity launched The Mark Shand Memorial Fund, which will raise funds to save the
Arms
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Travel books
- Skulduggery (1987). Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0224025010
- Travels on My Elephant (1992). Eland Books. ISBN 978-1906011697
- ISBN 978-0099592013
- River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra. (2003). Little, Brown ISBN 978-0349115146
References
- ^ "The Elephant Man". W magazine. March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "The Duchess of Cornwall Background". royal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d Mark Shand is the Elephant man, thisislondon.co.uk; accessed 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Elephant Family". elephantfamily.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "Duchess of Cornwall visits brother Mark Shand's old school". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Duchess of Cornwall 'utterly devastated' by death of brother Mark Shand". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ a b "No gold, but adventurer Shand had a lifetime of riches". theaustralian.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Mark Shand - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Mark Shand: The fascinating life of the dashing crusader". Hello! magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Mark Shand's daughter Ayesha pays tribute with poignant picture". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ Roberts, Alison (15 April 2010). "Mark Shand is the Elephant man". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Camilla Parker Bowles's brother Mark Shand has died after falling and hitting his head in New York". news.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Nicky Haslam (July 2011). "Vanity Fair Nominates Mark Shand". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ISBN 0879518685.
- ^ "Down the Brahmaputra". The Hindu. 14 April 2002. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ISBN 0349115141.
- ^ a b c "Mark Shand: Campaigner whose efforts to save the Asian elephant took him far beyond the privileged circles from which he came". The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Mark Shand". hachette book group. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- The Calcutta Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 27 March 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
- ^ "Mark Shand death was an accident". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Brother-in-law of Britain's Prince Charles dies in New York". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Mark Shand on his perfect weekend". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Anti-Slavery International Patrons". antislavery.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Mr Mark Shand Awarded with". theperfectworldfoundation.se. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Duchess of Cornwall's brother Mark Shand dies in fall". BBC Online. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "'Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles and nephew fly to New York to collect Mark Shand's body'". ethiogrio.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Duchess of Cornwall leads mourners at brother Mark Shand's funeral a week after he died in fall". The Mirror. 1 May 2014.
- ^ "The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles arrive at the family funeral of her brother Mark Shand". capitalbay.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Balipara Foundation Awards - 2014". baliparafoundation.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Duchess of Cornwall visits brother Mark Shand's old school". BBC. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "The Duchess of Cornwall visits Kent". princeofwales.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "The Mark Shand Memorial Fund". Elephant Family.org. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Prince Charles and Camilla attend funeral of Mark Shand in Dorset". May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Captive Elephants of Northeast now have a Clinic in Kaziranga". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Park gets clinic for captive jumbos". The Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "HRH The Duchess of Cornwall". The Heraldry Society. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Shand, George (1877). Some Notices of the Surname of Shand, Particularly of the County of Aberdeen (PDF). Norwich: Miller and Leavins. pp. 8–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.