Major Bruce Shand
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Major Charles Enderby at a service held on Monday at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, to celebrate the life of Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand.
The Prince of Wales, son-in-law, gave an address.
The Rev Alan Gyle officiated, assisted by the Right Rev Peter Ball, who read the prayers and the Regimental Collect of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers.
The Duchess of Cornwall, daughter, read from the works of St Thomas More, Mr Simon Elliot, son-in-law, read from The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, and Mr Mark Shand, son, read from the works of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
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Last Post and Reveille were sounded by trumpeters of The Life Guards.
The Duke of York was represented by Mr Alastair Watson, the Earl and Countess of Wessex by Brigadier David Innes, the Princess Royal by Lady Carew Pole, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester by Mrs Michael Wigley, the Duke of Kent by Mr Nicolas Adamson and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent by Mrs Julian Kitchener-Fellowes.
Princess Alexandra and Lady Sarah and Mr Daniel Chatto attended.
Among others present were:
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Mrs Simon Elliot (daughter), Mrs Mark Shand (daughter-in-law), Mr and Mrs Tom Parker Bowles, Mr Ben Elliot, Miss Katie Elliot, Mr and Mrs Harry Lopes and Mr and Mrs Luke Irwin (grandchildren).
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of Marlborough, the Marquess and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquess and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl of Albermarle, the Earl of Arran, Earl and Countess De La Warr, the Earl and Countess of Halifax, Miranda Countess of Iveagh, Leonara Countess of Lichfield, the Earl of Lichfield, Christina Countess of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire.
Lord and Lady Michael Fitzalan Howard, Lady Charles Churchill, Lord Charles FitzRoy (Fine Art Travel Limited), Lord Patrick Beresford, Lord Valentine Cecil, Lady Rupert Nevill, Viscount Gage, Viscountess Gormanston, Viscount and Viscountess Hampden, Viscount Head, Viscount and Viscountess Marchwood, Viscountess Stuart of Findhorn.
Lord and Lady Ashcombe, Lord Crofton, Lord and Lady Egremont, Lord and Lady Hesketh, Lord Howe of Aberavon and Baroness Howe of Idlicote, Lord Kindersley, Lord and Lady King of Bridgwater, Lord and Lady Lloyd of Berwick, Lady Loch, Lord and Lady Luce, Lady Manton, Lady Pender, Lady Rawlinson of Ewell, Lady Renton of Mount Harry, Lord and Lady Russell of Liverpool, Lord Sandys, Lady Shawcross, Baroness Trumpington.
Lady Elizabeth Baxendale, Lady Caroline Faber, Lady Tana Focke, Lady Charlotte Fraser, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, Lady Susan Hussey, Lady Sarah Keswick, Lady Amabel Lindsay, Lady Rose Anson, Lady Eloise Anson, Lady Mary Mumford, Lady Angela Keating, Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, Lady Cosima Somerset.
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The Hon Richard and Mrs Beaumont, the Hon Mrs Robert Boyle, the Hon Virginia Carington, the Hon Lady Cazalet, the Hon Harry Fane (Obsidean), the Hon Flora Hesketh, the Hon Sophia Hesketh, the Hon Freddie Hesketh, the Hon Mikaela Irwin, the Hon Mrs Marten, the Hon Mrs Kiloran Russell, the Hon Tom and Mrs Sackville, the Hon William and Mrs Shawcross, the Hon Nicholas Soames, MP, the Hon Mark and Mrs Wyndham, the Hon Mrs Anne Wyndham.
Sir Richard and Lady Beckett, Anne Lady Jaffray, Sir William Pigott-Brown, Lady Rumbold, Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, Captain Sir Alastair and Lady Aird, Sir George and Lady Christie, Sir Hugh and Lady Cubitt, Lady Daunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Dunne, Sir Edward Ford, Sir Basil and Lady Hall, Sir John and Lady Keegan, Dame Shirley Oxenbury, Sir Michael and Lady Peat, Lady Penn, Lady Solti, Mrs Drue Heinz, DBE, Mr and the Hon Mrs Colin Chisholm.
The Rajmata of Jaipur, Princess Nicholas von Preussen, Count and Countess de Monpezat, Baron and Baroness von Westenholz, Herr Fritz von Westenholz.
Mrs R. A. Abel Smith, Mr Piers Adam, Mrs Gerald Askew, Mrs A. E. Allen, Mr Charles Allen, Mr Keith Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs David Anstice, Major and Mrs Tom Attwood, Mr Dean Bailey, Mr Christopher Balfour, Mr Bruce Bannerman, Mr and Mrs Anthony Barker, Mr and Mrs Gordon Barr, Mrs Peter Beckwith-Smith, Miss Anna Beckwith-Smith, Mr and Mrs Robin Beechey, Mr and Mrs Jay Benedict, Mrs Carolyn Benson, Mr Michael Berger, Mr and Mrs Anthony Berry, Mrs Diana Berry, Mrs Bronwen Bevan, Mr Mark Birley, Mr Christian Blackshaw, Miss Jane Blunden, Miss Caroline Blunden, Mr and Mrs Ian Boyd, Mr and Mrs Colin Campbell, Mr David Campbell, Mr Gordon Campbell Gray, Miss Jennifer Canham, Mr Miguel Howard, Mr Alexander Chancellor, Mr Leslie Chappell, Mrs M. S. Charrington, Mr Shane Chichester, Miss Laura Chisholm, Major R. M. Collins, Mr Robin Compton, Mr and Mrs Patrick Corbett, Mr David Cossart, Mr Andrew Crichton, Mrs Nicolas Crosthwaite, Mrs R. J. G. Dallas, Mr and Mrs Barry De Morgan, Major-General and Mrs Arthur Denaro, Miss Penelope d’Erlanger, Mr Tony Dobbin, Mr and Mrs Denis Doble, Mr Lee Dobson, Mr and Mrs Michael Dooley, Mr Peter Dunn, Mr and Mrs Neil Edmonstone, Mrs Thomas Egerton, Mr and Mrs Henry Elwes, Mrs Charles Enderby, Mr James Faber, Mr John Fairbairn, Mr and Mrs Barry Fearn, Mr Bernie Flannery, Mr Rupert Forbes Adam, Mr Edward Fox, Mr Howard Franklin, Mr and Mrs William Gant, Mr Barry George, Mr and Mrs Michael Gibbs, Mr Roy Goddard, Mr Benjamin Goldsmith, Mrs Kate Goldsmith, Mr and Mrs Zac Goldsmith, Ms Dido Goldsmith, Miss Catherine Goodman, Major Ron Goodwin, Mr and Mrs Olivier Goulan, Mrs Virginia Graham, Mr William Greenwell, Mr J. R. Greenwood, Mrs J. Gregory, Mr and Mrs James Hambro, Mr and Mrs Ben Hanbury, Mrs William Harris, Mr Grant Harrold, Mr Nicky Haslam, Colonel and Mrs Malcolm Havergal, Major R. K. B. Hitchcock, Mr and Mrs Oliver Hoare, Mr Tristan Hoare, Mr Damian Hoare, Miss Olivia Hoare, Mr Clive Hobbs, Mrs John Hodges, Mr and Mrs James Howard-Johnston, Mrs M. M. Howes, Mrs David Innes, Mr Christopher Jenkins, Mr and Mrs Graeme Jenkins, Mr and Mrs Nicholas Johnston, Mr David Jones, Mr Robin Kindersley, Mrs Jacqueline King-Holford, Mr William Knight, Mr and Mrs George Lane, Mr and Mrs Martin Lane Fox, Mr Robin Lane Fox, Mr and Mrs Pierre Laporte, Mr and Mrs Victor Law, Mr and Mrs Thomas Lee, Mr John H. J. Lewis, Mrs Tania Llewellyn, Mr and Mrs John Lloyd, Mr Kevin Lomas, Colonel and Mrs Shaun Longsdon, Mr and Mrs David Lumsden, Mr and Mrs Rupert Lycett Green, Mr Thomas Lynch, Mrs James MacManus, Mr Henry Mainwaring, Brigadier Allan Mallinson, Mrs Juliet Marks, Mr Rupert Marks, Mr Simon Marshall, Mr N. S. Mayhew, Mr and Mrs Alan Mays-Smith, Miss Jacqui Meakin, Mr David Mendel, Mr Jonathan Mermagen, Dr and Mrs David Mitchell, Major T. R. Molloy, Mr and Mrs John Moorehead, Mr Antony Brassey, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Johnnie Moss, Mr Peter Nathan, Mr John Nicholson, Mrs Bryan Norman, Lieutenant-Colonel Beville Pain, Mr and Mrs Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, Major and Mrs N. V. S. Paravicini, Brigadier and Mrs Andrew Parker Bowles, Mr and Mrs Simon Parker Bowles, Mrs Diane Parnell, Mr Aditya Patankar, Colonel and Mrs Alan Pemberton, Mrs Glen Penhey, Mr and Mrs Nicholas Peto, Major-General and Mrs J. Phipps, Mr Jonathan Pilkington, Mrs John Pope, Mr Jamie Poulton, Dr and Mrs Christopher Powell-Brett, Mr Anthony Rabey, Mr Sean Rafferty.
Mr T. M. M. Raikes, Mr Paul Ratcliffe, Mrs T. Rathbone, Mr and Mrs Simon Reuben, Mrs Pamela Robertson, Mr John Robson, Mrs Jane Rogers, Mr Kenneth Rose, Mr Bruno Rotti, Ms Laurience Rogier, Mr Timothy Rootes, Miss Emma Russell, Mr Graham Rust, Mr D. J. B. Rutherford, Major Narindar Saroop, Mr John Saumarez Smith, Mr and Mrs Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Mr Jeremy Sharpe, Mr Ned Sherrin, Mr William Shine, Mr Anwar Siddiqi, Mr and Mrs Guy Smallwood, Mrs David Smith, Mrs Charles Smyth-Osbourne, Mr Reg Spinney, Mr James St Aubyn, Mrs Phyllida Stewart-Roberts, Mr Andrew Stewart-Roberts, Mr and Mrs John Stitt, Mr and Mrs Humphrey Stone, Mr Harry Stourton, Mr J. A. Sutherland, Mr Christopher Sykes, Mr William Tallon, Mr Adrian Thompson, Mr Norman Thompson, Mrs Digby Thompson, Mr Ronnie Todd-Young, Mr James Tollemache, Mr Michael Toynbee, the Very Rev John and Mrs Treadgold, Mr Colin Trimming, Mr and Mrs Peter Troughton, Colonel and Mrs Greville Tufnell, Mrs Diana Tunnicliffe, Mrs Hugh van Cutsem, Mr and Mrs Alexander van Straubenzee, Mr and Mrs John Wakefield, Mrs Diana Barnato Walker, Mr Oswald Waller, Mr and Mrs Gerald Ward, Mr Jonathan Weisfeld, Mrs John Wells, Mrs Robert Wheatley, Mr and Mrs Mark White, Mr C. J. White, Mr and Mrs Michael Wigan, Mrs James Williams, Mr Michael Wilson, Mr Ross Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Winn, Mr and Mrs Tim Winney, Mr and Mrs John Young, Mr Harry Young, Mr George Young.
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Major-General Searby (Colonel of the 9th/12th Lancers) and Mrs Searby with Major David Chappell (regimental secretary), Mr Edward Nelson (12th Lancers Yorkshire Regiment and Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry), Mr Hugh Cecil (Second World War Experience Centre, Leeds), Colonel T. A. Hall (trustee, Cavalry and Guards Club, also representing the chairman) with Mr David Cowdery (secretary); Mr Jonathan Bickerdike (Coutts & Co), Mr Rupert Hambro (Rupert Hambro and Partners), Mr David Ker (Simon C. Dickinson Limited) and Mrs Ker, Mr Brian Marsh (B P Marsh and Partners), Mr Nigel Milne (Nigel Milne) and Mrs Milne, Mr Philip H. Nunnerley (senior business director, Lloyds TSB Group), Mr Simon Robertson (Simon Robertson Associates LLP) and Mrs Robertson, Mr Michael Skinner (Dege and Skinner), Mr John Stefanidis (John Stefanidis), Mr Graham Ogilvie (Hunters Solicitors), Dr Lionel Kopelowitz (Board of Deputies of British Jews), Mr David Allam (South of England Agricultural Society) and Mrs Allam, Mr Colin Evans and Mr Stuart Pocknell (Southdown and Eridge Hunt), Ms Caroline Featherstonhaugh (Country Life), Mr Robert Pappin (Crown Porcelain) and Mrs Pappin and Miss June A. Stubbs (Thorney Island Society) with many other friends and representatives of other organisations having connection with Major Shand.