Alexander Innes Shand (1832–1907) was a Scottish barrister and author, known as a journalist, critic, biographer, novelist and travel writer.
His father owned estates in Jamaica, which he inherited from his brother John Shand upon the latter's death in 1825.
His income was reduced by the abolition of slavery and debts he inherited as the trustee of his brother's estate.
[2] Shand turned to the law, and in 1855, on his mother's death, he began a series of European tours.
When at home he engaged in sport and natural history on the estate of Major John Ramsay, a cousin, at Straloch in Aberdeenshire.
[2] In 1895 he published a life of his close friend Sir Edward Hamley, which reached a second edition; it revived a controversy about the battle of Tel-el-Kebir.