Major General Sir George John Younghusband, KCMG, KCIE, CB (9 July 1859 – 30 September 1944) was a cavalry officer and major-general in the British Indian Army.

In his later life he became a noted author of several books, and the Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London, until his death on 30 September 1944, at Crickhowell in Wales.

[1][2] He fought in the Second Afghan War and was promoted to lieutenant on 15 March 1880, before transferring to the India Staff Corps, in October 1883.

[7] The following year, he was on 22 January 1897 appointed to a staff position as deputy assistant adjutant-general in Sirhind, under the Punjab Command.

[11] He left Liverpool with the battalion aboard Winifredian in late January 1900,[12] arriving in South Africa the following month.

[18] He was wounded, and in late May 1902 left South Africa on the SS Roslin Castle which arrived at Southampton the following month.

[4] In March 1917, King George V appointed Younghusband as the Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London.

[29] His son Brigadier George Edward Younghusband, of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars, served with the 2nd Armoured Division during the Second World War.