Younghusband
Britishnoun
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As noted elsewhere in the article, the subject’s name is Francis Younghusband, not Francis Youngblood.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
This pioneering half-hour - where, presumably, nobody sat on his records - was the first of six weekly ‘talks’, another of which was Climbing Mount Everest, presented by Lt Col Sir Francis Younghusband.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2022
The Younghusband expedition was sent by Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, to force the 13th Dalai Lama to agree to commercial concessions.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2010
Tabitha Jackson, who edits the digital channel More4 and oversees the True Stories documentary strand, has been appointed commissioning editor, arts, succeeding Jan Younghusband, who left to join the BBC last year.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2010
When Colonel Younghusband put the question direct to a head Lama in open durbar, 'Have you news of the Dalai Lama?
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
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