Henry Hugh Peter Deasy

Henry Hugh Peter Deasy (29 Jun 1866 – 24 Jan 1947) was an Irish army officer, founder of the Deasy Motor Car Company and a writer. Career He was born in Dublin, the only surviving son of Rickard Deasy, justice of the Court of Appeal in Ireland, and Monica O'Connor. He served as a British Army officer. mostly in India, between 1888 and 1897, when he retired. After his army service, he became one of the first westerners to write a detailed account of Tibet, covering his travels between 1897 and 1899. Consequently, he won the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal in 1900 for surveying nearly of the Himalayas. He also provided photographs for a book by Percy W. Church.