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In 1919 Sir Francis Younghusband was elected President of the Royal Geographical Society, and two years later became Chairman of the Mount Everest Committee which was set up to coordinate the initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition to Mount Everest. He actively encouraged George Mallory to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest. Younghusband remained Chairman through the subsequent 1922 and 1924 British Expeditions.

Nicholas Ferrar was a merchant in London. He is the most senior figure in the line of the Ferrar family whose papers were left to Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler was a Canadian surveyor, mountain climber and soldier. Wheeler participated in the first expedition to Mount Everest in 1921. He was an accomplished mountain climber and on the 1921 expedition was one of the team to reach the 7000 metre North Col. As a Brigadier in the British Army he was appointed Surveyor General of India in 1941. He was knighted for the work he did surveying India.

In 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French, and embarked on a series of campaigns known as the Napoleonic Wars.

Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
First director of the Natural History Museum of Belgium.

Member of the National Congress of Belgium.

Belgian politican.

Belgian civil servant, diplomat and liberal parliamentarian.

Statesmen of the Belgian Revolution.

Belgian Statesman.

Belgian politician.

Director General of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs in Belgium.

Prime Minister of Belgium, 1841-1845.

Member of the National Congress of Belgium.

Naundorff claimed to be Prince Louis-Charles, or Louis XVII of France, son of Louis XVI, King of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria.

Belgian politician. Member of House of Representatives 1831-1848.

Ninth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.

The tenth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.