A message from
HRH PRINCE BERNHARD
of the NETHERLANDS
President of Rhino Rescue 1985 - 2004 |
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Soestdijk Palace,
April 1999
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The Rhino Rescue Trust
was established by Count Coreth in 1985. I was glad
to become President and the Trust has had some remarkable
successes.
Now that a new
Chairman has taken over I wish the Trust continuing
success with its work which now covers a wider range
of endangered species, such as the elephant and the
tiger.
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Count
Maurice Coreth
Founder
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Maurice Coreth founded Rhino Rescue in 1985 he foresaw
a long-term battle against the poaching of all endangered
wildlife, starting with rhino in Kenya where anti- poaching
measures were required with the utmost urgency.
His untimely death
had given him only twelve years of intensive work
into setting up his Trust but it was time enough to
establish the Nakuru Sanctuary in Kenya, to integrate
Rhino Rescue with the Zimbabwean Wildlife Department
in Operation Stronghold and support projects in Namibia
and Swaziland. He had attracted HRH Prince Bernhard
of the Netherlands to the Presidency of Rhino Rescue
and assembled a distinguished and knowledgeable list
of Trustees. Above all, he had inspired in others
his single-minded objective for the rescue of all
endangered wildlife.
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Alec Seccombe did his
National Service in the Royal Marines followed by four
years in the Volunteer Reserve whilst in Tate and Lyle.
He then trained as a Land Agent and became Agent to
the Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye. For the past
22 years he has been Resident Agent for Sir Richard
Sutton's Settled Estates in Berkshire. He has had a
lifelong interest in Wildlife and Conservation. In 1976
he married Judy, whose parents farmed in Kenya. They
have both travelled extensively in East Africa. He joined
Rhino Rescue as a Trustee in 1990 and worked closely
with Count Maurice Coreth in setting up and helping
to run the Zimbabwe operation.
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Colin Eldridge
Trustee
Retired
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Countess Jenny Coreth, Maurice's
wife and constant support in setting up the International
Trust through thick and thin. Her strength in carrying on
his work has been immense and she is able now to pass the
office of Vice-President to her son, Mark.
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Former Managing
Director of Howard de Walden Estates. Currently financial advisor
to a number of Trusts and Rhino Rescue. He is Chairman of a radio
station and member of the Berkshire Council of the Order of St. John. |
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Ben Hoskyns-
Abrahall
Trustee
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Henry Robinson served in the Royal
Green Jackets for five years and the Metropolitan Police for six
years, leaving as a detective.
Latterly he worked in financial Public
Relations in the City of London. He has travelled in Eastern and
Southern Africa over a number of years and is devoted to the survival
and conservation of endangered species in Africa and elsewhere.
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Ben
Hoskyns-Abrahall was a Land Agent and Partner in Smiths Gore
in the north of England with whom he has been for 37 years.
He retired and lived on his small farm run almost exclusively
for wildlife which was awarded |
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a Certificate of Merit in the Laurent
Perrier Awards in 1994. He is a keen naturalist and sportsman. Also,
he is an annual visitor to Africa. |
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Mark
Coreth
Vice-President
and Sculptor |
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William Wynn-Williams
Trustee
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Patrons
The Duke of Argyll
Jack Barrah OBE
Robert Bateman
Peter Cadbury
Lord Carrington PC KCMG MC
Lord Valentine Cecil
Lord Coleridge
Mark Coreth
J.A. Dawson
Colonel Lionel Dyck FRGS
A.M. Dyer
Colin Eldridge
Jonathan Elwes
Comte Charles de Ganay
John Gripper MRCVS
Jeremy Hill
J.B.L. Hoskyns-Abrahall
The Hon F.L. Kellog
General Sir Frank Kitson CBE KCB MC
Dr Hugh Lamprey
Dr R.E. Leakey
Malcolm Lyell
D.C. Mansfield
Marquis of Lansdowne
Capt. H.R. Millais
Mrs Valerie B. Mills
Colonel Sir Julian Paget Bt
Ian Piercy
Henry Robinson
Lt General Sir Robert Ross KCB OBE
Anthony de la Rue
J.A. Seccombe
David Shepherd OBE
James Stewart DSC Croix de Guerre
Major and Mrs John Sturgis
Glenn Tatham (Cheif Warden Zimbabwe)
A.M. Tippet
Judge Russel Train
The Duke of Wellington KG LVO OBE MC
Roger Whittaker
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Mark
Coreth was born in London in 1958 and was immediately dispatched
to the family farm in the Kenyan highlands where the equator
ran through the house. Black and white colobus monkeys leapt
amongst the branches in the trees behind the house where leopard
and cheetah also lived. This idyllic childhood fostered Mark's
early and continuing passion for wildlife.
After prep school in Kenya, Mark attended Ampleforth and on
joining the Blues and Royals, served with the regiment as a
regular officer. He spent time in England, Germany, Cyprus,
Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands during the 1982 hostilities.
On his return to England he was commissioned to make a silver
sculpture of his regiment's drum horse "Belisarius"
for the Warrant Officer's Mess and later a second cast in bronze
became the Household Cavalry wedding present to the Duke and
Duchess of York, the first of many commissions.
When Mark became a Trustee on the sad and untimely death of
his father, Count Maurice Coreth, Founder of Rhino Rescue, he
perceived his role not only to carry on his father's work as
Trustee but also to harness his artistry in raising funds for
the Trust through sculpture. Now as Vice-President, Mark continues
his work for The Rhino Rescue Trust.
For more information on the art of Mark Coreth see the
You Can Help
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Jock Dawson
Kenya
Representative and
Project Director
1987 - 2003
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| Tribute
to Jock |
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Simon Combes
Kenya
Represenative and
Project Director
2003 - 2004
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Simon Combes is a Wildlife Artist
and Conservationist.
On December 12, 2004 Simon was killed in Kenya by an attcak from
a rogue bull buffalo
Tribute to
Simon
For more information on Simon's
art and adventures go to You
Can Help.
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Kat Combes
Kenya
Representative and
Project Director
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Nick Paterson
Kenya
Deputy Project Director
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