| Birth Date: | 1865 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ulladulla, New South Wales |
| Death Place: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Education: | Newington College University of Sydney |
| Occupation: | Barrister King's Counsel |
| Spouse: | Florence Amelia (née Brierley) |
| Children: | John Wentworth Shand QC (1897–1959) son |
| Parents: | Mary (née Barclay) and John Shand |
| Relatives: | Alec Shand QC (1929–2011) grandson Dr Cecil Purser brother-in-law Adam Shand great-grandson[1] |
Alexander Barclay Shand (26 December 1865 – 3 October 1949) was an Australian barrister and King's Counsel.[2] He became a leading legal figure in NSW. Shand refused an invitation to become a New South Wales Supreme Court Judge[3] but served as a Royal Commissioner.[4]
Shand was born in Ulladulla, New South Wales, to John Shand and Mary (née Barclay). John Shand (1825–1891) had arrived in Sydney in 1853 as a stonemason before becoming a farmer and finally a police magistrate at Penrith Court. Shand Snr founded a legal dynasty that produced three generations of barristers. A. B. Shand, as he came to be known, was educated at Newington College commencing in 1880.[5] He went up to the University of Sydney and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1884.[6] Following graduation and articles, Shand was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1887. He was the Crown Prosecutor on the NSW western circuit in 1895-6 and took silk in 1906. He became a leading member of the Bar Council. His wife, Florence (née Brierley), became a tireless worker for the poor and infirm and sat on the boards of various hospitals, schools and women's auxiliaries.[7] She died in October 1929.[8] Mrs Shand was the sister of Louisa Victoria, Mrs Cecil Purser (née Brierley).[9] Shand retired in 1930[10] and lived in retirement in Vaucluse, New South Wales, until his death at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.[11]