Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942

1888 elected to Royal Geographical Society; 1889 captaincy; 1891 CIE; 1892 political officer in Hunza; 1893-1894 political agent in Chitral; 1895 Times correspondent in Chitral; 1895-1897 Times correspondent in Rhodesia and Transvaal; 1899-1902 political agent at Deoli; 1901 Kaisar-i-Hind medal (gold); 1902-1903 resident at Indore; 1903-1904 leader of British mission to Tibet; 1904 KCIE; 1906-1909 resident at Kashmir 1917 KCSI; 1919 president of the Royal Geographical Society; 1921 chairman of Mount Everest Committee; 1934-1942 founder and vice-president of the Royal Central Asian Society

Epithet: soldier, diplomat, explorer and mystic

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