London, 1952, 1st edition. 391 pp, 12 plates. Biography of the mountaineer, explorer and mystic. DJ, Fine.
From Wikipedia
Francis Younghusband was born at Murree in India to a British family (John Younghusband and Clara Shaw). At age 19 he was commissioned into the British Army as an officer in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards. In 1886 he made an expedition into Manchuria, and was responsible for discovering the Mustagh Pass as a route between Kashgar and India. He was elected the youngest member of the Royal Geographic Society at age 24. In 1890 he transferred to the Indian Political Service.
He served as British commissioner to Tibet from 1902-1904. In 1903-1904 he led a military mission to Tibet as a result of disputes over the Sikkim-Tibet border; he controversially invaded the country and occupied Lhasa.
He settled in Kashmir as the British representative 1906-1906 before returning to Britain where he became an active member of many clubs and societies. During World War One his patriotic Fight for Right campaign commissioned the song Jerusalem. He was elected President of the Royal Geographic Society in 1919. Later he actively encouraged climbers, including George Mallory, to attempt Mount Everest, and they followed the same initial route as the earlier Tibet Mission.
Younghusband is also known as the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936), and wrote several books on mountaineering faith and spirituality.
