Philip Morton Shand (21 January 1888 – 30 April 1960), known as P. Morton Shand, was a British journalist, architecture critic (an early proponent of modernism), wine and food writer, entrepreneur and pomologist^^. He was the paternal grandfather of Queen Camilla.
Shand, the son of the writer and barrister Alexander Faulkner Shand and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, was born in Kensington, London. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, as well as studying at the Sorbonne, Paris, and in Heidelberg, Germany.
Shand was married four times. His first marriage was to Edith Marguerite Harrington in April 1916, with whom he had his only son, Bruce, father to Queen Camilla. They divorced in 1920, due to his adultery.
Shand's second marriage was to Agatha Alys Fabre-Tonnerre, in 1920, with whom he had a daughter named Sylvia Doris Rosemary. They divorced in 1926.
Shand's third marriage was to Georgette Thérèse Edmée Avril, whom he married in 1926. They divorced in 1931, without having had any children.
Shand's fourth marriage was to Sybil Mary Sissons (previously Mrs. Slee) in 1931, with whom he had one daughter named Elspeth. Elspeth married Geoffrey Howe, later Baron Howe of Aberavon, who was then a lawyer and later a politician. Elspeth became a life peer in her own right as Baroness Howe of Idlicote. Shand's step-daughter, Mary (Sybil's daughter from her first husband naval Commander John Ambrose Slee) married architect Sir James Stirling.
Shand died on 30 April 1960 (age 72) in Lyon, France. The poet John Betjeman and the French wine expert André Simon wrote addenda to Shand's obituary in The Times.
^^Definitions of pomologist. someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees. type of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist. a biologist specializing in the study of plants.
Shand, the son of the writer and barrister Alexander Faulkner Shand and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, was born in Kensington, London. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, as well as studying at the Sorbonne, Paris, and in Heidelberg, Germany.
Shand was married four times. His first marriage was to Edith Marguerite Harrington in April 1916, with whom he had his only son, Bruce, father to Queen Camilla. They divorced in 1920, due to his adultery.
Shand's second marriage was to Agatha Alys Fabre-Tonnerre, in 1920, with whom he had a daughter named Sylvia Doris Rosemary. They divorced in 1926.
Shand's third marriage was to Georgette Thérèse Edmée Avril, whom he married in 1926. They divorced in 1931, without having had any children.
Shand's fourth marriage was to Sybil Mary Sissons (previously Mrs. Slee) in 1931, with whom he had one daughter named Elspeth. Elspeth married Geoffrey Howe, later Baron Howe of Aberavon, who was then a lawyer and later a politician. Elspeth became a life peer in her own right as Baroness Howe of Idlicote. Shand's step-daughter, Mary (Sybil's daughter from her first husband naval Commander John Ambrose Slee) married architect Sir James Stirling.
Shand died on 30 April 1960 (age 72) in Lyon, France. The poet John Betjeman and the French wine expert André Simon wrote addenda to Shand's obituary in The Times.
^^Definitions of pomologist. someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees. type of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist. a biologist specializing in the study of plants.
Philip Morton Shand (21 January 1888 – 30 April 1960), known as P. Morton Shand, was a British journalist, architecture critic (an early proponent of modernism), wine and food writer, entrepreneur and pomologist^^. He was the paternal grandfather of Queen Camilla.
Shand, the son of the writer and barrister Alexander Faulkner Shand and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, was born in Kensington, London. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, as well as studying at the Sorbonne, Paris, and in Heidelberg, Germany.
Shand was married four times. His first marriage was to Edith Marguerite Harrington in April 1916, with whom he had his only son, Bruce, father to Queen Camilla. They divorced in 1920, due to his adultery.
Shand's second marriage was to Agatha Alys Fabre-Tonnerre, in 1920, with whom he had a daughter named Sylvia Doris Rosemary. They divorced in 1926.
Shand's third marriage was to Georgette Thérèse Edmée Avril, whom he married in 1926. They divorced in 1931, without having had any children.
Shand's fourth marriage was to Sybil Mary Sissons (previously Mrs. Slee) in 1931, with whom he had one daughter named Elspeth. Elspeth married Geoffrey Howe, later Baron Howe of Aberavon, who was then a lawyer and later a politician. Elspeth became a life peer in her own right as Baroness Howe of Idlicote. Shand's step-daughter, Mary (Sybil's daughter from her first husband naval Commander John Ambrose Slee) married architect Sir James Stirling.
Shand died on 30 April 1960 (age 72) in Lyon, France. The poet John Betjeman and the French wine expert André Simon wrote addenda to Shand's obituary in The Times.
^^Definitions of pomologist. someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees. type of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist. a biologist specializing in the study of plants.
Shand, the son of the writer and barrister Alexander Faulkner Shand and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, was born in Kensington, London. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, as well as studying at the Sorbonne, Paris, and in Heidelberg, Germany.
Shand was married four times. His first marriage was to Edith Marguerite Harrington in April 1916, with whom he had his only son, Bruce, father to Queen Camilla. They divorced in 1920, due to his adultery.
Shand's second marriage was to Agatha Alys Fabre-Tonnerre, in 1920, with whom he had a daughter named Sylvia Doris Rosemary. They divorced in 1926.
Shand's third marriage was to Georgette Thérèse Edmée Avril, whom he married in 1926. They divorced in 1931, without having had any children.
Shand's fourth marriage was to Sybil Mary Sissons (previously Mrs. Slee) in 1931, with whom he had one daughter named Elspeth. Elspeth married Geoffrey Howe, later Baron Howe of Aberavon, who was then a lawyer and later a politician. Elspeth became a life peer in her own right as Baroness Howe of Idlicote. Shand's step-daughter, Mary (Sybil's daughter from her first husband naval Commander John Ambrose Slee) married architect Sir James Stirling.
Shand died on 30 April 1960 (age 72) in Lyon, France. The poet John Betjeman and the French wine expert André Simon wrote addenda to Shand's obituary in The Times.
^^Definitions of pomologist. someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees. type of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist. a biologist specializing in the study of plants.
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