SALVESEN, Jeremy John Russell (1963-2014)
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Born: 26 February, 1963, in Kelso, Roxburghshire. Died: 10 April, 2014, in Annecy, France, aged 51
JEREMY Salvesen, who died in a tragic skiing accident in France, crammed more into his too-short life than most of us could dream of, including racing a 40-foot yacht around the world. Born and brought up in the Borders, he was the great-great-grandson of Christian Salvesen, a 19th-century Norwegian immigrant who went on to develop the Salvesen shipping, whaling and road transport conglomerate and also brought the first penguins to Edinburgh Zoo.[…..]
Jeremy John Russell Salvesen was born on 26 February, 1963, in Kelso, Roxburghshire.
His father John was a Kelso farmer, great-grandson of the famously successful Norwegian immigrant Christian Salvesen, and his mother Alison (née Russell) helped run the farm […..]
He was an expert skier, and it was during a family outing from the chalet that he hit his head on a rock and was flown to hospital in nearby Annecy, where he was pronounced dead from “catastrophic” head injuries. Ironically, because he was with a group of ten family and friends, the accident happened on a blue (relatively easy) slope. […..]
Jeremy Salvesen is survived by his partner Jacqueline, his sons Oliver, Raleigh and Toby, his daughter Tessa, his mother Alison, his brothers Michael and Nigel and his sisters Penny and Rachel.
All of his four children were from his marriage to Louise (née Rowe) which ended in 1997.