Robin Hanbury-Tenison

(Airling) Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE, DL, Dsc, Dhc, MA, FLS, FRGS (born 7 May 1936)[1] is a Cornish based explorer.[2] He is President of the charity Survival International[3] and was previously Chief Executive of The Countryside Alliance.[4]

Early life

Hanbury-Tenison grew up on an Anglo-Irish estate in County Monaghan in Ireland, the youngest child of five.

In 1959, Hanbury-Tenison married Marika Hopkinson, and lived with her in a 14th-century farmhouse on Bodmin Moor. Marika became well known for her cookery books, published under her married name. They had two children, Lucy (b. 1960) and Rupert (b. 1970). Marika died in 1982.

Hanbury-Tenison and his second wife Louella (nee Williams) own a farmhouse, Cabilla Manor, on Bodmin Moor, which is both their home and a bed and breakfast business. They have a son, Merlin (b. 1985).[5]

Notable Expeditions

Other Expeditions

Other Notable Work

In 1982 and 1983 he organised Capital Radio's Venture Days in Battersea Park. Opened by the Prince of Wales, they attracted the biggest crowds to date in London, other than for royal weddings.

From 1995 to 1998 he was CEO of the British Field Sports Society,[9] now the Countryside Alliance. He organised the hugely successful Countryside Rally, which brought 130,000 people to Hyde Park in July 1997, and the Countryside March when 300,000[10] marched through London in 1998, the largest ever peaceful demonstration in the capital to date. He was named Personality of the Year by the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation in 1999 and Patron of the Countryside Alliance in 2003.

In 2013 an exhibition of his collected photographs of tribal people and places from his earlier travels was displayed in the National Theatre for two months under the title 'Echoes of a Vanished World: A Traveller's Lifetime in Pictures'.[11]

In 2015-6 he celebrated his 80th year by undertaking eight challenges, starting with the London Marathon, which raised over £80,000 for Survival International.[12][13]

Awards and achievements

Farmer

Since 1960 he has farmed over 2000 acres on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. In addition to conventional hill farming of sheep and cattle, diversification has been tried with Angora Goats, Red Deer and Wild Boar from Russia. Now farming energy from wind, solar, water and biomass. From 1993-1996 he was a member of the South West Regional Panel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He was a founder member of FWAG, on the Cornwall Committee of the CLA, a member of Invest in Britain (formerly Think British) Campaign (1987-) and is an Ambassador for the Westcountry Development Corporation. In 1998 he was awarded the Farmers Club Cup for his outstanding contribution to farming, agriculture and the countryside and in 2000 the Contribution to the Countryside Award by the CLA. In 2012 Cabilla Manor was winner of the Best Large Scale Renewable Energy Scheme in Cornwall Award.

Books

For children[18]

Films

References

External links

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