Alexander Faulkner Shand
FBA (20 May 1858 – 6 January 1936) was an English writer and
barrister. Born in
Bayswater, London, he was the son of
Hugh Morton Shand, a Scot (grandson of William Shand, 2nd
Laird
Laird () is the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank was held only by those lairds holding official recognition in ...
of
Craigellie), and his wife Edrica Faulkner, the Italian-born daughter of
Joshua Wilson Faulkner of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
. He was a founding member of the
British Psychological Society in 1901 and was awarded with honorary membership in 1934. He was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).
He lived at 1
Edwardes Place, Kensington, London.
Through his son
Philip, he is the patrilineal great-grandfather of
Camilla, Queen Consort
Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. She became queen consort on 8 September 2022, upon the ac ...
.
References
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* 'SHAND, Alexander Faulkner', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
accessed 30 Jan 2012
1858 births
1936 deaths
English writers
English lawyers
English barristers
Writers from London
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
Anglo-Scots
Fellows of the British Academy
Founders of the British Psychological Society
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