Hugh Carless
| Hugh Carless | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 April 1925 Nainital, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 20 December 2011 (aged 86) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | diplomat |
Hugh Michael Carless CMG (22 April 1925 – 20 December 2011) was a British diplomat, philanthropist and explorer who served in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1950 to 1985. He is best known for the exploration of Nuristan and the Panjshir Valley along with his friend Eric Newby, which was the subject of Newby's humorous travel book A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (1958).
Carless was born on 22 April 1925 in Nainital, British India, to Henry Alfred Carless, CIE, who served as a police officer in the Indian Civil Service (Inspector-General of Police, Ajmer-Merwara and advisor to the Resident of Rajputana) and his wife, Gwendolen Pattullo.
He was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where he spent a year (1942) studying Persian (Farsi), and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read History from 1947 until 1950.
Carless was commissioned in January 1944 in the Intelligence Corps and posted to Teheran as a staff officer with the 12th Indian Division, but volunteered for active service, first with the 5th Infantry Division, and later, in the last nine months of World War II he served in the 15th Scottish with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
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