He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia ; especially the British expedition to Tibet , led by himself, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and president of the Royal Geographical Society.
Younghusband [ 2 ] and his wife Clara Jane Shaw. Clara's brother, Robert Shaw , was a noted explorer of Central Asia. As an infant, Francis was taken to live in England by his mother. When Clara returned to India in she left her son in the care of two austere and strictly religious aunts.
In his mother and father returned to England and reunited the family. In at age thirteen, Francis entered Clifton College , Bristol. In he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst , and was commissioned as a subaltern in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in Having read General MacGregor 's book Defence of India he could have justifiably [ neutrality is disputed ] called himself an expert on the " Great Game " of espionage that was unfolding on the Steppes of Asia.
After sailing to China his party set out, with Colonel Mark Bell's permission, to cross miles of desert with the ostensible authority to survey the geography; but in reality, the purposes were to ascertain the strength of the Russian physical threats to the Raj. Departing Peking with a senior colleague, Henry E. James on leave from his Indian Civil Service position and a young British consular officer from Newchwang , Harry English Fulford , on 4 April , Lieut Younghusband explored Manchuria , visiting the frontier areas of Chinese settlement in the region of the Changbai Mountains.
On arrival in India, he was granted three months' leave by the Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Lord Roberts ; the scientific results of this travel would prove vital information to the Royal Geographical Society.
