George Younghusband

Sir George John Younghusband

Born9 July 1859
Dharmasala, India
Died30 September 1944 (1944-10-01) (aged 85)
Crickhowell, Wales
Allegiance British Empire
Service / branch British Indian Army
Years of service1878–1917
RankMajor-General
Unit17th Foot
Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides
CommandsQueen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides
3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry
26th (Younghusband's Horse) Battalion Imperial Yeomanry
Fyzabad Brigade
Derajat Brigade
Aden Brigade
28th Indian Brigade
7th (Meerut) Division
Battles / warsSecond Afghan War
Mahdist War
North West Frontier
Third Burmese War
Chitral Expedition
Spanish–American War
Second Boer War
Mohmand expedition of 1908
First World War
RelationsJohn Younghusband (father)
Francis Younghusband (brother)
Charles Younghusband (uncle)
George Younghusband (son)
Eileen Younghusband (niece)
Other workKeeper of the Jewel House
Author

Major General Sir George John Younghusband, KCMG, KCIE, CB (9 July 1859 – 30 September 1944) was a cavalry officer and major-general in the British Indian Army.

Younghusband was 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.