William Frederick Travers O'Connor
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish military interpreter in Lhasa, and a writer (1870-1943)
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Frederick Travers O'Connor was an Irish diplomat and officer in the British and British Indian armies.
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Wilkinson 1821 pattern sabre, serial number 29781 made in 1889, etched with W.F.T.O'C. initials.
1903-04-13 Routes between Tibet and India by Captain W. F. O'Connor, Royal Artillery
Younghusband team in 1904, O'Connor standing second from left
O'Connor and domestic staff at Gyantse in 1905![Frederick O'Connor (representative of English Trade in Tibet for British Raj, and secretary of Younghusband) and Thubten Chokyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama[citation needed], in a Peugeot car, one of the two first in Tibet, in 1907](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Frederick_O%27Connor_at_Gyantse_Dzong_%28Fort%29_with_Peugeot_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9_in_1907.jpg/330px-Frederick_O%27Connor_at_Gyantse_Dzong_%28Fort%29_with_Peugeot_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9_in_1907.jpg)
Frederick O'Connor (representative of English Trade in Tibet for British Raj, and secretary of Younghusband) and Thubten Chokyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama[citation needed], in a Peugeot car, one of the two first in Tibet, in 1907
Peugeot in front of the Gyantse fortress in Freddie 1907Awards 1
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About this person
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Frederick Travers O'Connor was an Irish diplomat and officer in the British and British Indian armies. He is remembered for his travels in Asia, cartography, study and publication of local cultures and language, his actions on the Younghusband expedition to Tibet, Royal Geographic Society council member, member of the Royal Automobile Club and for his work negotiating and signing the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923.
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