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Lucy, Lady Houston
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Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, Lady Houston was a British philanthropist, political activist, and suffragist.
Dame Fanny Lucy Houston when Lady Byron
Dame Fanny Lucy Houston when Lady Byron
Supermarine S.6B, winner of the 1931 Schneider Trophy
Supermarine S.6B, winner of the 1931 Schneider Trophy
Mount Everest
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most r
Lucy, Lady Houston
…at nine by-elections in 1933. In 1933, Lady Houston financed the Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition, in which aircraft flew over the summit of Mount Everest for the first time. This was to show opposition to granting independence to India. She gave money to the India Defence League, founded that year, of…
Mount Everest
View of Mt. Everest from the west
View of Mt. Everest from the west
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp
View from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dab
View from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam
The name "Mount Everest" was first proposed in this 1856 speech, later published in 1857, in which the mountain was first confirmed as the world's hig
The name "Mount Everest" was first proposed in this 1856 speech, later published in 1857, in which the mountain was first confirmed as the world's highest.