Mark Shand
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Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951-to-date) was a British travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Shand, the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his travels, the bulk of which focused on Elephant survival.
In 1992, his book Travels on My Elephant became a best-selling book and was named Travel Writer of the Year at the British Book Awards.
He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife charity that he co-founded in 2002.
Family, education and marriage
Shand was born on June 28th, 1951, as the son of Major Bruce Shand (1917–1964) and his mother, Rosalind Cubitt (1921–1994), the daughter of Alice Keppel. He was the brother of Camilla, Queen Consort, and Annabel Elliot.
Shand was first educated at St Ronan's School in Kent and later on Milton Abbey School in Dorset. He was kicked from Milton Abbey for reportedly smoking cannabis. As a result, his father went to Australia to make a living off his own, where he had worked as a jackaroo on a station and as a guard at an opal mine. He returned to London and worked as a porter at Sotheby's, and then, he and his companion Harry Fane, the 15th Earl of Westmorland's son, began selling Cartier jewellery for a while.
Shand married Clio Goldsmith, a French former actress, Edward Goldsmith's niece, and Sir James Goldsmith's niece, who were all members of the influential Goldsmith family. They lived in Rome and had a daughter, Ayesha (born 1995). In 2010, Shand announced that the couple were divorced. He was a godfather to one of Jemima Goldsmith's sons, his ex wife's cousin.
Career
In 1987, Shand published his first travel book Skulduggery, based on an expedition to Irian Jaya, Indonesia. He later became the author of Travels on My Elephant (1992), Queen of the Elephants (1996) and River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra (2003). Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and received the Travel Writer of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 1992.
Some of his writings were included in several BBC and National Geographic Channel documentaries, some related to his writings. In several of his books and other pursuits, elephants were often depicted. The overwhelming majority of his books and TV shows were Indo-Nostalgic, making him an unabashed Indophil. He had also a keen interest in Hinduism and Indian history.
As a BBC conservationist and travel blogger, he wrote 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 Prix Litteraire d'Amis award, as well as Kaziranga, giving simultaneous exposure to mahouts and Kaziranga.
Shand was instrumental in the preservation of the Asian elephant and co-founded Elephant Family in 2002. My Elephant, Tim, was about his travels in India with "Tara" (his elephant) who was the inspiration for the charity. Shand was also a patron of Anti-Slavery International, a member of the Royal Geographical Society and an honorary Chief Wildlife Warden of Assam.
Mark Shand was named "the Conservationist of the Year 2014" by the Beautiful World Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Fragile Rhino award was given to him by The Perfect World Foundation in 2014. Shand was supposed to attend as a guest of honor but unfortunately died before the event.