Lord Francis Douglas
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Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas was a novice British mountaineer. After sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, he died in a fall on the way down from the summit.
Lord Francis Douglas
Memorial to Lord Francis Douglas (top row) outside the Douglas Family Mausoleum, Cummertrees.
The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps; its height is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft)
The Matterhorn Disaster, depicted by Gustave Doré
Matterhorn
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The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pe
Lord Francis Douglas
…Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas (8 February 1847 – 14 July 1865) was a novice British mountaineer. After sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, he died in a fall on the way down from the summit. Born in Scotland at Cummertrees, Dumfries, Douglas was the son of Archibald William Douglas, 8th…
View on the south and east faces and the area of the Theodul Pass between Italy (left) and Switzerland (right)
View from the summit towards Monte Rosa with the valleys of Mattertal (left) and Valtournenche (right)
View from the summit towards the west and the nearest other 4,000-metre peak: the Dent d'Hérens