Frederick Williamson was the Eighth British Political Officer of Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet in the 1930s. Apart from a steward diplomat posted in the buffer zone of Sikkim, Williamson was also a passionate photographer. He took a number of pictures of Sikkim, Tibet and Bhutan (three Himalayan Kingdoms) during his stay at Gangtok as a British Political Officer. Between December 1930 and August 1935, he and his wife, Margaret Williamson, shot approximately 1700 photographs throughout the Himalayan region. — in Kalimpong, India.
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