Younghusband , Sir , Francis Edward , 1863-1942 , Knight , soldier Younghusband , Sir , George John , 1859-1944 , Knight , Major General

Younghusband , Sir , Francis Edward , 1863-1942 , Knight , soldier Younghusband , Sir , George John , 1859-1944 , Knight , Major General

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband was born, 1863; educated Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned in the 1st (King's) dragoon guards, 1882; stationed at Meerut, India, 1882; travelled through Manchuria with Evan James; spent seven months crossing the Gobi Desert to Hami, and over the Himalaya via Kashgar and the Muztagh Pass to Kashmir, 1887; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1886-1942, lectured there and received the Founder's Medal, 1887; trekked in the border zones of British India, Russia, China, and Afghanistan, 1889-1891; political officer in Hunza, Aug 1892; political agent in Chitral, 1893-1894; Times correspondent with the Chitral relief force, 1895; Times correspondent in Rhodesia and Transvaal, 1895-1897; returned to India, 1898; political agent at Deoli, 1899; resident in Indore, 1902; leader of a mission to Tibet to establish British political and commercial interest, and to survey the region, 1903-1904; returned to central Asia as resident in Kashmir, 1906; retired to England where he joined the Conservative general election campaign, 1910; chair of the Mount Everest committee formed by the RGS, and president, 1919-1922; founder and later vice-president of the Royal Central Asian Society, 1934-1942; chairman of the India Society; died 1942.

Sir George John Younghusband was born 1859; joined Army 1878; Afghanistan 1879-1880; Sudan 1885; North West Frontier, India 1886; Burma 1886-1887; Chitral Relief Force 1895; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1897-1928; Spanish-American War, Philippines 1898; South African War 1899-1902; Mohmand expedition, North West Frontier, India 1908; Staff College 1911; World War One, 1914-1917; Div Commander, Indian Army 1916; retired 1917; died, 1944.