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Shand Family
Shand is a surname of Scottish descent, also spelt Schawand, Schaand, Schande and Schand. It may refer to: People * Adam Shand (journalist) (born 1962), Australian writer and journalist * Adam Shand (manager), New Zealand visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks, founder of Personal Telco * Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand (1828–1904), Scottish advocate and judge * Alexander Faulkner Shand (1858–1936), English writer and barrister * Bob Shand (1866–1934), South African international rugby union player * Bruce Shand (1917–2006), British Army major, father of Camilla, Queen Consort * Camilla Shand (born 1947), maiden name of Camilla, Queen Consort * David Shand (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey defenseman * David Shand (bishop) (1921–2011), Australian Anglican bishop * Donald Shand (1904–1976), Australian grazier and founder of East-West Airlines * Elspeth Shand (b. 1932), maiden name of Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Shand (journalist)
Adam Shand (born 13 August 1962) is an Australian writer and journalist. Journalism Adam Shand started his career in journalism as a cadet on ''The Australian'' newspaper in the 1980s covering the rise and fall of entrepreneurs. In 1991, he joined the Nine Network reporting for ''Business Sunday'' in Sydney and Melbourne. In the 1990s Shand worked for three years in Africa as a freelance journalist based in Zimbabwe for media organizations, covering historic events as the rise to power of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda and the corruption of Zimbabwe's democracy. He returned to Australia in 1997 and worked as a roving reporter for the Nine Network's ''Today'' program. Shand also continued to work in the print media, including stints on the ''Australian Financial Review'' newspaper in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2003, Shand proposed a unique role writing for '' The Bulletin'' magazine while also filing stories for the Nine Network's ''Sunday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Shand
Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014) was a British travel writer and conservationist and the brother of Queen Camilla. 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. Family, education and marriage Shand was born on 28 June 1951, as the son of Major Bruce Shand (1917–2006) and his wife, Rosalind Cubitt (1921–1994), daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, daughter of Alice Keppel. He was the brother of Camilla, Queen Consort and Annabel Elliot. Shand was educated first at St Ronan's School in Kent and then Milton Abbey School in Dorset. He was expelled from Milton Abbey for allegedly smoki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Loudoun-Shand
Major Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand VC (8 October 1879 – 1 July 1916) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was posthumously awarded the VC for his actions during an attack near the French village of Fricourt on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme. Early life Stewart Walter Shand was born on 8 October 1879 in Ceylon, and was one of ten children of John Shand, a tea planter, and his wife Lucy . Both his parents were originally from Scotland. The family, wealthy from trading in tea, later moved to South London. They lived in Dulwich, where all the boys of the family attended Dulwich College. Stewart excelled at sport, especially cricket. His brother, Eric, later represented Scotland in Rugby union. South Africa Shand was working at a bank when the Second Boer War broke out in South Africa in 1899. He volunteered for the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Loudoun-Shand
Eric Gordon Loudoun-Shand MC TD (born Eric Gordon Shand; 31 March 1893) was a Rugby Union international who played for Scotland and captained Oxford University's Rugby side in the 1919 Varsity Match. During what would have been the prime of his playing career he fought in the First World War. Biography Eric Gordon Shand was born on 31 March 1893 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was one of the ten children of John Loudoun Shand and his wife Lucy, and was the youngest of the five brothers. His father, who originated from Scotland, adopted his middle name Loudoun as the first part of a double-barrelled surname, and all members of the family followed suit. His father, John Loudoun Loudoun-Shand (died 2 February 1932 at Craigellie, Alleyn Park, Dulwich. Aged 86 years) was a prominent plantation owner in what was then called Ceylon. Arriving in the Island in 1864 Mr. Loudoun-Shand did a lot of planting chiefly in the Dimbula and Dickoya districts and in 1879 and 1880 was elected Chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fennec Shand
Fennec Shand is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise portrayed by Ming-Na Wen in the Disney+ television series ''The Mandalorian'', '' The Bad Batch'', and ''The Book of Boba Fett''. An elite mercenary and assassin, she was introduced in " Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" of ''The Mandalorian'', in which she is sought by the show's title character and another bounty hunter, Toro Calican, who seemingly kills her. In " Chapter 14: The Tragedy", it was established that Fennec was saved by Boba Fett, leaving her in his debt, and had parts of her body replaced with cybernetics. As Fett's new partner, she assists him in his mission to recover his old armor from the Mandalorian, and later to rescue Grogu in order to honor an agreement made with the latter. Once their mission is completed, the two conquer Tatooine and the remnants of the Hutt cartels. In ''The Book of Boba Fett'', Fennec and Fett come into conflict with various enemies attempting to seize power from them, lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shand (View From The Mirror)
Shand is a surname of Scottish descent, also spelt Schawand, Schaand, Schande and Schand. It may refer to: People * Adam Shand (journalist) (born 1962), Australian writer and journalist * Adam Shand (manager), New Zealand visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks, founder of Personal Telco * Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand (1828–1904), Scottish advocate and judge * Alexander Faulkner Shand (1858–1936), English writer and barrister * Bob Shand (1866–1934), South African international rugby union player * Bruce Shand (1917–2006), British Army major, father of Queen Camilla * Camilla Shand (born 1947), maiden name of Queen Camilla * David Shand (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey defenseman * David Shand (bishop) (1921–2011), Australian Anglican bishop * Donald Shand (1904–1976), Australian grazier and founder of East-West Airlines * Elspeth Shand (b. 1932), maiden name of Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, British crossbencher li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonia Shand
Tonia Louise Shand (6 November 1939 – 15 July 2020) was an Australian diplomat and public servant, who served as Australia's first woman High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1991. Early life and education Shand was born Tonia Louise Moffat in Britain in 1939 to Australian parents, Gordon and Marjorie Moffatt. She and her mother moved to Melbourne, Victoria when World War II began, while her civil engineer father was posted to Singapore with the Royal Air Force where he built airfields. Shand graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA, majoring in German and political science. Career Following graduation, Shand joined the Department of External Affairs (now DFAT) and she was posted to Tel Aviv, Bonn, Geneva and Stockholm. The marriage bar that existed in the Australian public service at the time forced her to resign when she married Richard (Ric or Ricky) Shand, however she was able to return in a temporary capacity until the birth of their daughter Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Shand
Thomas Philip Shand (16 April 1911 – 11 December 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and career Shand was born in 1911 in Ngapara, North Otago. His parents were Gilbert Esme Tressillian Shand and Constance Kippenberger, both of whom were from prominent Canterbury families, who owned and operated a farm of their own in Ngapara. In 1922 the family moved to Kaikoura, establishing a new farm at Seaward Valley. He received his education at St Andrew's College, Christ's College, the University of Canterbury. His studies were cut short by the onset of the Great Depression and he returned home to work as a shepherd on the family farm from 1931 to 1933. He then worked freezing and flax industries from 1933 to 1935, taking an active role in trade union affairs. He was also an active sportsman, competing as a boxer while a student and also played sub-union rugby in Canterbury. On 8 February 1937 he married the medical doctor Claudia Lillian W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel James Shand
Prof Samuel James Shand (1882–1957) was a British mineralogist and petrologist, specialising in silicate analysis and igneous petrology. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 29 October 1882 the son of James Shand (1851–1929), originally from Sandsting in Shetland, and Catherine Grant Hunter from Lerwick in Shetland. In 1881 the family had moved from Shetland to Taap Hall, a curious Georgian tenement on Ferry Road in the Leith district. However they moved to "Selivoe" on Park Road in the Newhaven district and James was born there. Shand received his secondary education at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and then in 1905 received his BSc in science from University College, Dundee, which from 1897 to 1967 was part of the University of St Andrews. He then became a graduate student at the University of Münster and received a PhD (Promotion) there in 1906 with thesis advisor . Upon Shand's return to Scotland, he became an assistant curator in charge of the geological collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Shand
Ronald Ernest McMurtry (3 February 1906, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia – 8 August 1993, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), professionally known as Ron Shand and earlier in his career billed as Ronnie McMurtry, was an Australian actor and comedian who worked extensively in numerously genres of the show business industry including, circus, soft shoe, theatre, cabaret, revue vaudeville, radio, television and film. Shand was also a recording artist. He started his career in vaudeville in Perth, he was probably best known however for his role in television soap opera ''Number 96'' as Herb Evans. Biography Early life Shand came from a background in show business, particularly of circus performers, that spanned four generations on his mother's side and three generations on his father's side: his grandfather Patrick Montgomery was an Irish-born ringmaster and horse trainer and was married to Annie Gordon, who was half French and half Spanish. Born to entertainer parents, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Shand
Richard Cecil Stevens Alison Shand (11 May 1916 – 23 December 1965) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1938 to 1947. A middle-order batsman, Shand had his most successful season in 1945–46, when he helped Canterbury win the Plunket Shield. In the first match he made 77, Canterbury's highest score in the match; the score was 48 for 5 when he went to the wicket, but he and Len Butterfield added 172 for the sixth wicket, and Canterbury reached 281 all out and took first-innings points in the drawn match. In the second match, he was again Canterbury's top-scorer, with 75 in the first innings in the victory over Wellington. Later that season, when Canterbury played the touring Australians, Shand made 60 in 70 minutes in the second innings, the highest score in a losing total. It was one of only five fifties New Zealand batsmen scored against the Australians in their five first-class matches, and the only one by a player who was not subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remy Shand
Remy or Rémy may refer to: Places * Remy River, a tributary of rivière du Gouffre in Saint-Urbain, Quebec, Canada * Rémy, a French commune in Pas-de-Calais * Remy, Oise, northern France * Remy, Oklahoma, USA * 14683 Remy, an asteroid * Pont-Remy, a French commune in Picardie * Saint-Rémy (other), the name of numerous French communes People * Rémy (name) Brands and enterprises * Remy Bumppo Theatre Company * Rémy Cointreau, a French drinks conglomerate ** Rémy Martin, a brandy they produce * Remy International, an electrical systems company Music * Remy Zero, a musical group ** ''Remy Zero'' (album), 1996 self-titled album * Remy Munasifi Other uses * Remy, a type of artificial hair * Remy Grand Brassard and Trophy Race, an automobile race sponsored by Remy Electric See also * Remi (other) * Remigius (other) Remigius may refer to: * Saint Remigius of Reims (died 533), who converted Clovis I, king of the Franks * Remigius of Rouen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
