Kashmir
By Sir Younghusband Francis Edward
When Major Molyneux asked me to combine with him in producing a book on Kashmir, I could not resist the temptation to describe what he had so faithfully depicted. However, my official duties naturally left me insufficient time to do natural justice to the theme. I have been unable to write with the completeness I should have wished, and I am aware of many sins of omission. I can only hope that when the description fails, the reader will be fortunate to have his attention irresistibly diverted to one of my collaborator’s beautiful pictures.
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Sir Younghusband Francis Edward
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer.
Biography.
He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia, especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, which he led, and his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including the British commissioner to Tibet and the Royal Geographical Society president. Francis Younghusband was born to a British military family in 1863 Murree, British India (now Pakistan). He was the brother of Major-General George Younghusband and the second son of Major-General John W. Younghusband and his wife Clara Jane Shaw. Clara’s brother, Robert Shaw, was a noted explorer of Central Asia. His uncle, Lieutenant-General Charles Younghusband CB FRS, was a British Army officer and meteorologist. As an infant, Francis was taken to live in England by his mother. When Clara returned to India in 1867, she left her son to care for two austere and strictly religious aunts. In 1870, his mother and father returned to England and reunited the family. In 1876, at age thirteen, Francis entered Clifton College, Bristol. In 1881, he joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a subaltern in the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards in 1882.
Sir Younghusband Francis Edward
