13 Facts About Charles Howard-Bury

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury DSO, DL, JP was a British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician.

Charles Howard-Bury's mother was Lady Emily Alfreda Julia, daughter of Charles Bury, 3rd Earl of Charleville.

Charles Howard-Bury's father had assumed the additional surname of Bury in 1881 after his wife succeeded to the Charleville estates.

Charles Howard-Bury was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Charles Howard-Bury was always interested in climbing as a youth, which led him to take up the larger routes in Austrian Alps.

Charles Howard-Bury joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1904 and was posted to India, where he went travelling and big game-hunting.

At the beginning of World War I, Charles Howard-Bury rejoined his regiment and served with distinction as a frontline officer on the Somme and throughout the conflict.

Charles Howard-Bury was captured during the German spring offensive of 1918, and then made an escape from his prisoner-of-war camp, before being recaptured ten days later.

At the behest or Sir Francis Younghusband in 1920, Charles Howard-Bury paved the way for the Everest Expedition.

Charles Howard-Bury was awarded the 1922 Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his leadership of the expedition.

Charles Howard-Bury lost his seat in 1924 but returned to the House of Commons in 1926, when he was elected for Chelmsford.

Charles Howard-Bury was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for County Westmeath.

Charles Howard-Bury left his house at Belvedere to his friend and companion Rex Beaumont.