British travel writer and conservationist (1951–2014)
Mark Shand
Born
Mark Roland Shand
(1951-06-28)28 June 1951
London, England
Died
23 April 2014(2014-04-23) (aged 62)
New York City, U.S.
Education
St. Ronan's School, Kent
Milton Abbey School, Dorset
Occupations
Travel writer
Conservationist
Spouse
Clio Goldsmith
(m. 1990; div. 2009)
Children
Ayesha Lalitha Shand
Parents
Bruce Shand
Rosalind Cubitt
Relatives
Queen Camilla (sister)
Annabel Elliot (sister)
King Charles III (brother-in-law)
Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014) was a British travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Queen Camilla.[1][2][3] Shand was the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of elephants. His book Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and won the Travel Writer of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 1992. He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation, which he co-founded in 2002.[4]
^"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.
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^"Elephant Family". elephantfamily.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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sister is Queen Camilla (born 1947), and her brother was travel writer MarkShand (1951–2014). Elliot went to Florence, Italy, to study fine art. On 27...
ecologist Edward Goldsmith. Goldsmith was married to British travel writer MarkShand, thus a former sister-in-law to Queen Camilla. She began acting in the...
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through public art events for this iconic yet endangered animal. The late MarkShand was one of the founding forces behind the charity when it launched in...
class. Caroline was romantically linked to many famous men, including MarkShand, Sebastian Taylor, and Jonathan Guinness (of the Guinness family). While...
environmentalist Clio Goldsmith (1957–) former French actress, married to MarkShand (1951–2014) James Goldsmith (1933–1997), investor, married to Doña María...
Elliot (née Shand), an interior designer and antiques dealer. He has two sisters. His mother is the sister of Queen Camilla and MarkShand. His paternal...
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won an Evening Standard Film Award for his performance as gangster Harold Shand. It was voted at number 21 in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British...
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- Dervla Murphy, David Attenborough, Jonathan Scott, Gerald Durrell, MarkShand A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future...
Kaziranga in one of his songs. The BBC conservationist and travel writer, MarkShand, authored a book and the corresponding BBC documentary Queen of the Elephants...
Josh Ovens, rugby union player Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez MarkShand,[citation needed] travel writer and conservationist Ray Tarantino, rock...
(CollinsWillow) 1993 – Michael Palin – Pole to Pole (BBC Books) 1992 – MarkShand – Travels on my Elephant (Jonathan Cape) 1991 – V. S. Naipaul – India...
(b. 1911) 2014 – F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921) 2014 – MarkShand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951) 2014 – Patric Standford...
Elliot, the groom's step-first cousin and his wife MarkShand, the groom's stepuncle Ayesha Shand, the groom's step-first cousin Michael and Carole Middleton...
coach 1951 – Mick Cronin, Australian rugby league player and coach 1951 – MarkShand, English conservationist and author (d. 2014) 1951 – Lalla Ward, English...
capital. The event followed the Elephant Parade of 2010, organized by MarkShand and Ruth Powys of Elephant Family, which saw 260 decorated fibreglass...
of Birmingham Central Mosque. Gordon Smith, 93, army officer. 23 April MarkShand, 62, travel writer and conservationist. Patric Standford, 75, composer...
great-niece Catherine Elliot, the Queen's niece Ayesha Shand, the Queen's niece (via MarkShand) Michael and Carole Middleton, the Princess of Wales's...
at the time, the largest of its type in the region.[citation needed] MarkShand who was among the advisors to hold this event was the guest of honour...
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