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Capt. G. J. Younghusband
Sir George John Younghusband KCMG KCIE CB (1859-1944) was a cavalry officer and major-general in the British Indian Army.
Born in India, he was educated at Clifton College and Sandhurst, before be...view moreSir George John Younghusband KCMG KCIE CB (1859-1944) was a cavalry officer and major-general in the British Indian Army.
Born in India, he was educated at Clifton College and Sandhurst, before being commissioned into the 17th Foot in 1878. He later transferred to the British Indian Army’s Guides Cavalry and served in several conflicts, including the Second Afghan War, the Mahdist War, the Third Burmese War, the Second Boer War and finally in the First World War. Due to wounds received on the battlefield, he was forced to retire from the army in 1917.
In his later life he became a noted author of several books, and the Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London, until his death on 30 September 1944, at Crickhowell in Wales.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, KCSI KCIE (1863-1942), Sir George John Younghusband’s younger brother, was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by him, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and President of the Royal Geographical Society.view less