Creation:let. pat. 20 Oct 1852

Family name:Somerset

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Azure three Fleurs-de-lys Or (France);  2nd and 3rd, Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or (England);  the whole within a Bordure company Argent and Azure

Crest:

A Portcullis Or nailed Azure with Chains pendant therefrom Gold

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Panther Argent spotted of various colours Fire issuant from the mouth and ears proper gorged with a Plain Collar and chained Or;  Sinister:  a Wyvern wings endorsed Vert holding in the mouth a Sinister Hand couped at the wrist Gules

Motto:

Mutare Vel Timere Sperno (I scorn to change or fear)

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1.Fitzroy James Henry [Somerset], 1st Baron Raglan, GCB PC

8th son of Henry [Somerset], 5th Duke of Beaufort, by his wife Elizabeth Boscawen, 2nd dau. of Adm Hon Edward Boscawen

born30 Sep 1788

mar.6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole (d. 6 Mar 1881), 2nd dau. of William [Wellesley later Wellesley-Pole], 3rd Earl of Mornington, by his wife Katherine Elizabeth Forbes, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Adm Hon John Forbes (by his wife Lady Mary Capel, 4th dau. by his first wife of William [Capel], 3rd Earl of Essex), 2nd son of George [Forbes], 3rd Earl of Granard

died28 Jun 1855

created20 Oct 1852 Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth

suc. byson

noteSecretary to the Master General of the Ordnance 1819-27;  Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief 1827-52;  Field Marshal 1854

2.Richard Henry Fitzroy [Somerset], 2nd Baron Raglan

born24 May 1817

mar. (1)24 Sep 1856 Lady Georgiana Lygon (d. 30 Sep 1865), 3rd dau. of Henry Beauchamp [Lygon], 4th Earl Beauchamp, by his wife Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, 1st dau. by his first wife of William [Eliot], 2nd Earl of St Germans

mar. (2)11 Oct 1871 his cousin once removed Mary Blanche Farquhar (d. 15 Jun 1916), 1st dau. of Sir Walter Rockliffe Farquhar, 3rd Bt., by his wife Lady Mary Octavia Somerset, 8th dau. of Henry Charles [Somerset], 6th Duke of Beaufort

died3 May 1884

suc. byson by first wife

3.George Fitzroy Henry [Somerset], 3rd Baron Raglan, GBE CB

born18 Sep 1857

mar.28 Feb 1883 his cousin Lady Ethel Jemima Ponsonby (d. 22 Jun 1940), 2nd dau. of Walter William Brabazon [Ponsonby], 7th Earl of Bessborough, by his wife Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, only surv. dau. of Edward Granville [Eliot], 3rd Earl of St Germans

died24 Oct 1921

suc. byson

noteLieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man 1902-19

4.Fitzroy Richard [Somerset], 4th Baron Raglan

born10 Jun 1885

mar.9 Apr 1923 Hon Julia Hamilton (b. 1901; d. 17 Apr 1971), only dau. of Robert Edward Archibald [Hamilton], 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, by his first wife Kathleen Gonville Bromhead, 3rd dau. of Col Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, 4th Bt. CB, of Thurlby Hall, co. Lincoln

children

1.Hon FitzRoy Somerset (b. 9 Jan 1924; dvp. 13 Jan 1924)

2.Hon FitzRoy John Somerset, later 5th Baron Raglan

3.Hon Geoffrey Somerset, later 6th Baron Raglan

1.Hon Janetta Somerset (b. 8 Jun 1925; d. 1986), mar. 27 Jul 1956 Dr Joseph Vincent Ridgely, 1st son of Raymond G Ridgely, of St Petersburg, Florida, USA, and had issue

2.Hon Cecily Somerset (b. 10 Aug 1938), mar. 17 Jun 1961 Capt Jonkheer Jan Tewdyr Patrick Steengracht van Moyland, 2nd son of Baron Steengracht van Moyland, of Pant-y-Goltre, Abergavenny, co. Monmouth, and has issue

died14 Sep 1964

suc. byson

5.FitzRoy John [Somerset], 5th Baron Raglan

born8 Nov 1927

mar. 1973 (div. 1981) Alice Baily, 2nd dau. of Peter Baily, of Great Whittington, co. Northumberland

died24 Jan 2010

suc. bybrother

6.Geoffrey [Somerset], 6th Baron Raglan

born29 Aug 1932

mar.6 Oct 1956 Caroline Rachel Hill, only dau. of Col (Edward) Roderick Hill DSO

children

1.Hon Arthur Geoffrey Somerset, of 13 Bermondsey Exchange, London SE1 (b. 27 Apr 1960), mar. 2001 Tanya Broome, only dau. of Roger Broome, of Chessington, co. Surrey

1.Hon Belinda Caroline Somerset (b. 9 Feb 1958), mar. 1989 Nicholas Grant Boyd, 1st son of Cdr Christopher Dennis Boyd DSC RN

2.Hon Lucy Ann Somerset (b. 8 Feb 1963), mar. 1998 Richard Scott-Watson

noteCouncillor: Berkshire County Council 1966-75, Newbury District Council 1878-83 and Oxfordshire County Council 1988-93

Last updated 8 Feb 2010

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Title:

6th Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Oct 1852)

Address:

Manor Farm, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire

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