John Quiller Rowett

[1][2] In 1920, while facing potential qualms of conscience over the large profits he had made during the war, Rowett was introduced to John Boyd Orr.

Boyd Orr, who was returning from service in the war, required additional funding for the creation of an institute for research into animal nutrition.

In late May 1921, after Shackleton had failed to raise the remaining funds elsewhere, Rowett agreed to finance the entire Shackleton-Rowett Expedition.

After Shackleton's death in South Georgia, the expedition visited Gough Island in the tiny (125-ton) Quest, with parties going ashore from 28 May 1922 for a few days.

When the expedition climbed and named Mount Rowett (made up of four peaks) it was thought to be the highest point on the island, at 836 metres (2,743 ft) Thirty years later Edinburgh Peak, at 910 metres (2,990 ft), was found to be the highest point by the Gough Island Scientific Survey.