Arthur Delaval Younghusband (30 November 1854 – 30 August 1931) was a British civil servant of the Raj.

Early life

The second (but eldest surviving) son of Lieutenant-General Robert Romer Younghusband, CB, who served at Sind (sometime as

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), as well as at

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and

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, by his wife Ellen Blayds, daughter of W. S. Benthall, of

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, Younghusband was educated at

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and

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, before entering the

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in 1875. He attained the rank of deputy commissioner in 1892 and

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in 1897, being awarded the

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(1st Class) in 1901, and serving as an additional member of the

Government of Bombay The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...

's Council in 1903.

Sind

He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1905 to 1912.

Later life

Having been awarded CSI (1907) and

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(1920) in recognition of his career, Younghusband died on 30 August 1931 at Priory House,

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, near

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, England, aged 76, without issue, but survived by his wife, Maud Helen, daughter of Lewis Gordon, whom he had married in 1892. He was succeeded as head of the family by his nephew, Ralph George Napier Younghusband, son of George William Younghusband. Two of his brothers also had careers in India: George William Younghusband (1856-1897) served with the 34th Regiment,

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, and Romer Edward Younghusband (1858-1933), CSI, a

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, worked with the Indian Civil Service from 1879, as a Deputy Commissioner (1894), General Secretary to the Government of Punjab (1899-1900), Commissioner at

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, and Member of Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab (1905–09). Younghusband's first cousins, sons of his father's younger brother Maj.-Gen. John William Younghusband, CSI, were the brothers Maj.-Gen.

George Younghusband Major General Sir George John Younghusband, (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 In ...

, Indian Army officer, author, and

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at the

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and Lt-Col Sir

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, Indian Army officer, administrator and explorer. Their uncle was Lt-Gen.

Charles Younghusband Lieutenant-General Charles Wright Younghusband (20 June 1821 – 28 October 1899) CB FRS was a British Army officer and meteorologist. Early life and education He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Charles Younghusband (1778–1843) and Frances Ro ...

, an Army officer and meteorologist.Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, pg 2826, Younghusband pedigree

References

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