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 Romer (1789–1843). His four brothers were also Army officers.

Career

Like his father, he was an officer in the

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. Aged 16, he was described as "probably the youngest and smallest officer in the service". Aged 20, he was appointed acting superintendent of the Magnetic Observatory in Toronto, Canada, and acted as its director from 1841to 1844. He later served in the Crimea and became superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories.

Selected publications

* "Magnetical and Meteorological Observations at Lake Athabasca and Fort Simpson", with

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(1855) * "Observations on Days of Unusual Magnetic Disturbance: Made at the British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, Under The Departments of the Ordnance And Admiralty", with Sir

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Awards and honours

He was made a fellow of the

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on 3 June 1852.

Personal life

On 2 April 1825 at

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, Canada, he married Mary Elizabeth Jones, daughter of

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, judge and politician. His son, Captain Frank Campbell Younghusband (7 January 1851 – 16 May 1894) was also an Army officer. His nephew was the explorer Lieutenant-Colonel Sir

Francis Younghusband Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British e ...

References

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