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Francis Younghusband - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1889, Younghusband was dispatched with a small escort of Gurkha soldiers to survey an uncharted region of the Hunza valley and the Khunjerab Pass through the Karakoram mountain range. Younghusband was the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936), and he wrote several books on faith and spirituality. Gromchevsky impressed Younghusband with the horsemanship skills of his Cossack escort, and Younghusband impressed Gromchevsky with the rifle drill of his Gurkhas. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Younghusband   (721 words)

Col. Francis Younghusband - Tibet: A futile Mission Curzon appointed Francis Younghusband, explorer, mystic, newspaper correspondent and student of religions, to lead the mission. Younghusband’s mission was expanded into a full scale military force consisting of about 1,200 British and Indian soldiers, four artillery pieces and two Maxim guns, 16,000 pack animals and 10,000 coolies. Younghusband managed to beat them off, and then he had a good pretext to continue to Lhasa, known as the “forbidden city” since so few Europeans had passed its walls. homepage.ntlworld.com /haywardlad/adventure/page10.html   (1756 words)

The Beginning In his foreword to the published papers, Faiths and Fellowship, Sir Francis Younghusband stressed that the one aim of the Congress was to promote the spirit of fellowship. Sir Francis Younghusband, in an address to the Parliament, stressed that ‘the spirit of active good-will had now to be applied on a far larger - on a world wide - scale. The imperial context is also relevant because Francis Younghusband, who was to found WCF, has been described as ‘the last great imperial adventurer’ (2). www.worldfaiths.org /Beginning.htm   (2394 words)

Francis Edward Younghusband, Sir Biography / Biography of Francis Edward Younghusband, Sir Biography Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was an English soldier, explorer, leader of an expedition to Lhasa, and the founder of the World Fellowship of Faiths. In difficulty and danger Younghusband was a self-possessed, resolute, and fearless leader, but his humane nature was saddened by the losses inflicted on the illmatched Tibetans before they were overcome in two sharp engagements. Younghusband was married and had one son and one daughter. www.bookrags.com /biography-francis-edward-younghusband-sir   (582 words)

On Younghusband's Path by Tom Broadbent review It is a compelling, informative, funny and moving account of Broadbent's odyssey across Asia that retraces the journey undertaken by his grandfather's cousin, Sir Francis Younghusband, a century earlier. Younghusband was an intrepid explorer, writer, mystic, soldier and diplomat in the days of the British Raj who made this particular journey - one of many similarly arduous treks - in the service of a British government concerned that India might be under threat of attack from Russia in "The Great Game". Younghusband had written twenty-six accounts of his exploits. www.chrishigh.com /reviews/books/younghusband.htm   (485 words)

The Telegraph - North Bengal & Sikkim Younghusband, the soldier, mystic and explorer, is often referred to as the last great imperialist of the Victorian age. Younghusband’s notes passing through Sikkim on a mission to Tibet has as many references to nature as to politics, French wrote in the biography. Going by Younghusband’s biography, written by Patrick French, the young Colonel was summoned to Shimla by the then viceroy, Lord Curzon, in the last week of May, 1903. www.telegraphindia.com /1030812/asp/siliguri/story_2254972.asp   (522 words)

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Contributors Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was a British explorer, army officer, military-political officer, and foreign correspondent born in India who led expeditions into Manchuria, Kashgar, and Tibet. "Younghusband" is a Canadian who recently returned to his home country after a number of years in Japan. Convinced of Russian designs on British interests in India, Younghusband proactively engaged in the nineteenth century spying and conflict over Central Asia between the British and the Russians known as the Great Game. www.cominganarchy.com /contributors   (483 words)

Alibris: Francis Younghusband The British military and political expedition which, under the command of Francis Younghusband, entered Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, in August 1904, marked the culmination of Britain's attempts, over 140 years, to establish good relations with Tibet. In 1882, Francis Younghusband was commissioned into the First King's Dragoon Guards who were then stationed in India. Younghusband soon launched into his career of exploration with two brief sorties into the Himalayas. www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Francis_Younghusband   (443 words)

Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward on Encyclopedia.com YOUNGHUSBAND, SIR FRANCIS EDWARD [Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward] 1863-1942, British explorer, b. This week, the explorer Francis Younghusband finds inner peace in Tibet.(Features) Lord Curzon, the British viceroy in India, sent Younghusband with a military expedition into Tibet in 1904, where he forced a treaty upon the Dalai Lama, opening Tibet to Western trade. www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Younghus.asp   (373 words)

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Happy Centennial, Younghusband! Younghusband recieved trading concessions, showed the Russians that the British wouldn’t hesitate to react to any territorial threats, and the “Younghusband Mission” was declared a success when he returned to Britain a hero in January 1905. Younghusband was an experienced explorer and officer who found himself increasingly interested in Buddhism and Asian theology. Anyway, Younghusband never found Curzon’s Russians, nor any sign of their presence or influence in the area. cominganarchy.com /archives/2005/02/02/happy-centennial-younghusband   (607 words)

AIM25: Royal Geographical Society: Younghusband Collection Scope and content/abstract: Papers relating to the travels of Sir Francis Younghusband including his copy of "Hints to Travellers"; two volumes of his travel journal, 'Kashmir to Sinkiang'; 'Leh to Yarkand and Khain to Akzai'; illustrated notebook kept by Sir George of his journey in Burma in 1887; correspondence and press cuttings from various sources. System of arrangement: 7 files, unstructured, from various sources, relate to Sir Francis Younghusband, the eighth file, number 5, is about Sir George. Sir George Younghusband: Society of Antiquaries, London, correspondence relating to regalia, 1918-37, ref. MSS 950/1; Cambridge University Library Manuscripts Hardinge Collection: correspondence. www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/10/6606.htm   (231 words)

Explorers - Y - EnchantedLearning.com Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942) was an English explorer and Army officer who went on many expeditions to the Himalayan Mountains and Tibet. Younghusband was born in India to British parents, and was educated in England. In 1889, Younghusband returned to the Karakorum Mountains for the Army and later became an official of the Indian Foreign Department in order to stop the Russians (who were exploring the border regions near Afghanistan and Tadzhikistan). www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/indexy.shtml   (276 words)

A. R. B. Shuttleworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shuttleworth reported his suspicions to Sir Francis Younghusband, and these suspicions about the two Japanese eventually made its way to Lord Morley, Secretary of State for India. During this time, Shuttleworth became involved in investigating the expeditions of Eizaburo Nomura and Zuicho Tachibana, even dining with them at Chini-Bagh. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A.R.B._Shuttleworth   (139 words)

Tibet museum takes British to task 100 years on - www.phayul.com So, with London's blessing, he ordered soldier-adventurer Francis Younghusband -- with a detachment of more than 1,000 soldiers, 10,000 porters and thousands of mules and yaks -- over the Himalayas and into Tibet to seek "satisfaction". This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of th invasion by British troops, led by adventurer Francis Younghusband, who reached Lhasa in 1904. In 1903-4, when Younghusband fought through to Gyantse and on to Lhasa, the Qing Dynasty was crumbling and the imperial court's representative in Lhasa was basically powerless. www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=4936&t=1   (932 words)

History of Central Asia, India, Nepal & Tibet "Younghusband's own account of his mission to Tibet in 1904­5 and its consequences was first published in 1910. This remarkable and profusely-illustrated work gives a unique portrait of the people and culture of Tibet as they were in 1903-04 at the end of a period where Tibet had been secluded from foreigners and foreign influences for some centuries. It is clearly written with the aim of showing that his and Curzon's policy was the correct one and the later repudiation of the mission by the British government led to a series of lost opportunities culminating in the occupation of Lhasa by the Chinese in 1910." - John Whelpton, Tibet (Clio Press) www.pilgrimsbooks.com /history.html   (2353 words)

Amazon.com: Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of the Tibet in 1904 (Oxford Paperbacks): Books: Peter Fleming It was led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, soldier explorer and mystic. But Younghusband was caught in political cross-fire and in the end not only failed to accomplish his mission as he conceived it, but was publicly censured. Conceived as a move in the Great Game which Russia and England had played for years in central Asia, the British incursion into Tibet was a shot in the dark. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195838629?v=glance   (425 words)

A Question of Answers: Tibetan freedom is politically unrealistic - Patrick French - www.phayul.com The first one was a biography of Francis Younghusband (written in the early 1990s), the British administrator who played the colonial game of establishing British interests in Tibet to thwart China and Russia in the "great colonial game". My book on Younghusband was more a study of British colonial policy, though it dealt with Tibet. But French does not consider his new book is a sequel to the Younghusband biography. www.phayul.com /news/article.asp?id=3288   (1055 words)

Find in a Library: Francis Younghusband and the Great Game Subjects: Younghusband, Francis Edward, -- Sir, -- 1863-1942. Find in a Library: Francis Younghusband and the Great Game WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/eb14cf0f157421efa19afeb4da09e526.html   (53 words)

Arnold Genthe / Younghusband, Francis, Sir, portrait photograph / 1934 June 21 Arnold Genthe / Younghusband, Francis, Sir, portrait photograph / 1934 June 21 This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world. www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico423505-88085.html   (267 words)

The Epic of Mount Everest -- by Sir Francis Younghusband Then he said, “Sir Francis, you’ve sent me to heaven.” He was a tall, well-made athletic man with a determined look about him. For a few seconds he seemed unable to speak from the intensity of emotion that was surging within him. The Expedition started, therefore, the best manned and equipped expedition which had ever tackled the Himalaya, and with the good wishes of the highest in the land. www.mountain-portal.co.uk /text/everest/Evrst02.htm   (3012 words)

Geographical: Late, great geographers.(Sir Francis Younghusband)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research Born in Murree, India, Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, to give him his full name, entered the Army in 1882. At the age of just 24, Younghusband became the first European since Marco Polo to cross the Gobi Desert. A major player in the `Great Game' between Britain and Russia, he explored Central Asia extensively highbeam.com /doc/1G1:78030296/Late,+great+geographers~R~(Sir+...   (190 words)

Hiking, Peakbagging and Highpointing Sir Francis Younghusband, 1921, "Mount Everest:The Reconnaissance" Franics Younghusband was the first chairman of the Mount Everest Committee of the Royal Geographical Society. Bruce Scofield gave a thoughtful definition of a peakbagger in High Peaks of the Northeast, 1993, New England Cartographics. academics.hamilton.edu /biology/smiller/hiking.html   (1021 words)

Francis Younghusband - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Younghusband was born at Murree in India to a British family (John Younghusband and Clara Shaw). Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (May 31, 1863– July 31, 1942) was a British explorer, remembered chiefly for his exploits in the Far East and his writings on the subject. Younghusband is also known as the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936), and wrote several books on faith and spirituality. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Younghusband   (355 words)

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Slog: Comment on Hot Girls on the Cover... Posted by Colonel Francis Younghusband - March 2, 2006 01:07 PM sabatini provided the hotel womb Posted by Colonel Francis Younghusband - March 2, 2006 01:08 PM sabatini provided the hotel womb Posted by Dan Savage - March 2, 2006 05:43 PM I feel like I'm not seeing as much of him as I should in that picture of him wearing the white shorts. www.thestranger.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=4581   (142 words)

Dumb Americana by Sagarika Ghose 07 April 2003 Charles Napier, Francis Younghusband, Charles "Chinese" Gordon among others were all imperialist adventurers of the time of the Great Game. Yet Younghusband underwent a religious transformation and also became a supporter of Indian independence. T.E. Lawrence or "Lawrence of Arabia" also served British expansion, but ended up becoming deeply emotionally attached to prince Faisal. www.doublestandards.org /ghose1.html   (1019 words)

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942), Soldier, explorer and mystic Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942), Soldier, explorer and mystic The online database contains information on 87,077 works, 48,964 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works. National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H OHE. www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?linkID=mp04988   (69 words)

History of Mount Everest from 1903 - 1975 The Mount Everest Committee is established by Younghusband, and a formal resolution is passed stating that an expedition would take place the following year with reconnaissance as the first priority, (although a summit attempt was not discouraged). The Tibetans refuse to enter negotiations, so Younghusband leads a British Army Expedition to Lhasa. While not the first photograph of Everest ever taken, it's the first to show any significant details of the mountain. www.wou.edu /las/physci/poston/everest/history.htm   (5441 words)

Francis Edward Younghusband, Sir Biography / Biography of Francis Edward Younghusband, Sir Biography Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was an English soldier, explorer, leader of an expedition to Lhasa, and the founder of the World Fellowship of Faiths. In difficulty and danger Younghusband was a self-possessed, resolute, and fearless leader, but his humane nature was saddened by the losses inflicted on the illmatched Tibetans before they were overcome in two sharp engagements. Younghusband was married and had one son and one daughter. www.bookrags.com /biography-francis-edward-younghusband-sir   (582 words)

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