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This guide provides brief biographical information about some of the more frequently mentioned individuals in Eileen Younghusband's 1917-30 diaries.

The entries have been compiled using the archives of Eileen Younghusband, including the papers of her biographer Kathleen Jones, online sources, including the British Newspaper Archive, the Times Digital Archive, Ancestry and Find My Past, and published biographies of Eileen Younghusband and Sir Francis Younghusband.

Immediate family and household

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Full name: Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942)

Francis Younghusband's background was one of the military and Empire. He was born in Murree, India, in 1863, the son of Major John Younghusband and Clara Younghusband (sister of the explorer and diplomat Robert Shaw). Like his father and two brothers, Francis Younghusband joined the army and served in South Asia. Younghusband's early career involved exploration (including in Mongolia, across the Gobi Desert, the Himalayas and the Hindu Cush) and active participation in what the British termed the 'Great Game' - the military and diplomatic fight between Britain and Russia for imperial control over Afghanistan. In the early 1890s Francis Younghusband was transferred to the Indian Political Service and, whilst on leave between 1895-7, worked in India, South Africa and Rhodesia as a correspondent for The Times. In 1903-4 Younghusband headed the British invasion of Tibet ('Younghusband expedition'). He was condemned by the British government for exceeding his orders but received popular acclaim on his return to Britain.

In 1888 Younghusband was elected the youngest fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (aged 24) and served as President of the RGS between 1919-1922. As Chairman of the Mount Everest Committee, founded in 1921, he was instrumental in organising the British expeditions to Everest in 1921, 1922 and 1924.

After his permanent return from India to England

American actress and model (1926–1962)

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Marilyn Monroe (MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2023) by her death in 1962.

Born in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage before marrying James Dougherty at the age of 16. She was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career, which led to short-lived film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. After roles as a freelancer, she began a longer contract with Fox in

Elsie Marley (c. 1713–1768) was an alewife who lived in Picktree, near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. This is close to Harraton Hall, the home of the Lambton family. A song and jig tune bearing her name, popular in her lifetime, are still played locally.

Life

A surprising amount is known about the life of Alice (Elsie) Marley, from birth and marriage records, from newspaper accounts of her death, and from Cuthbert Sharp's notes on the song about her life, prepared in consultation with her grandson.

Her birth name, Alice Harrison, being common, a firm identification seems impossible, but she may well be the Alice Harrison christened in Houghton-le-Spring, on 24 August 1713. This is not far from Chester-le-Street, and this birth date is consistent with the date of her marriage. In 1735 she became the first wife of Ralph Marley, who kept a public house at Picktree, near Chester-le-Street, County Durham. They had eight children. She was well-known in her lifetime - in 1765 at Beverley races, one of the horses was Mr. Wormley's bay mare, 'Alcey Marley', suggesting her name was well known.

According to Cuthbert Sharp, writing some 50 years after her death, the inn bore the sign of the Swan, with the appropriate motto:-

“The Swan doth love the water clear,
And so does man good ale and beer.”

She was a handsome, buxom, bustling landlady, and by her efforts, made the Swan a financial success. However, on their march towards Scotland during the Jacobite risings in 1745, the Dutch mercenary troops used the inn for target practice, and it remained "in a tattered condition" for many years after.

She suffered from a long, severe illness, and on 5 August 1768, was found drowned in a flooded coal pit near Vigo, near Birtley, Tyne and Wear. It was presumed she had accidentally fallen in, and because of her weak state, had been unable to climb out. The report in the Newc