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Hon. Geoffrey (6th Baron Raglan) Somerset

Hon. Geoffrey (6th Baron Raglan) Somerset

Male 1932 - *

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hon. Geoffrey (6th Baron Raglan) Somerset was born on 29 Aug 1932 (son of Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan. and Hon. Julia Hamilton); died in *.

    Notes:

    County Council for Berkshire, District Councilor for Newbury and co=Councilor of Oxon

    Inherited the title from his brother, Fitzroy, Jan 2010

    Geoffrey married Caroline Rachel Hill on 6 Oct 1956. Caroline (daughter of Colonel Edward Roderick Hill, DSO) was born about 1932; died on 5 Jul 2014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Belinda Caroline Somerset
    2. Hon. Arthur Geoffrey Somerset was born on 27 Apr 1960; died on 25 Jul 2012.
    3. Lucy Ann Somerset

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan. was born in 1885 (son of George (3rd Baron Raglan) Somerset and Lady Ethel (of Bessborough) Ponsonby); died in 1964.

    Fitzroy married Hon. Julia Hamilton in 1923. Julia (daughter of Robert Edward Archibald (11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton) Udny-Hamilton and Kathleen Gonville Bromhead) was born in 1901; died in 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hon. Julia Hamilton was born in 1901 (daughter of Robert Edward Archibald (11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton) Udny-Hamilton and Kathleen Gonville Bromhead); died in 1971.
    Children:
    1. Hon. Fitzroy Somerset was born in 1924; died in 1924.
    2. Hon. Janetta Somerset was born in 1925; died in 1986.
    3. Fitzroy John Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan. was born on 6 Nov 1927; died on 24 Jan 2010 in Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
    4. 1. Hon. Geoffrey (6th Baron Raglan) Somerset was born on 29 Aug 1932; died in *.
    5. Hon. Cecily Somerset was born in 1938; died in *.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George (3rd Baron Raglan) Somerset was born on 18 Sep 1857 (son of Richard Henry Fitzroy (2nd Baron Raglan) Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. and Lady Georgina (of Beauchamp) Lygon); died on 24 Oct 1921.

    Notes:

    George Fitzroy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan GBE CB (18 September 1857??"24 October 1921) was a British peer and soldier.
    Somerset was born in 1857, the son of the 2nd Baron Raglan and a godchild of George V of Hanover. He became a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria in 1868 (until 1874) and was educated at Eton and the Sandhurst.
    In 1870, he joined the Grenadier Guards and fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. On 28 February 1883, he married Lady Ethel Ponsonby, a daughter of the 7th Earl of Bessborough and they later had six children. He held the positions of Under-Secretary of State for War from 1900 to 1902 and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1902 to 1918. He was also a prominent militia officer.

    George married Lady Ethel (of Bessborough) Ponsonby in 1883. Ethel (daughter of Walter William Brabazon (7th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby and Lady Susan Lewis Cornwallis (of St Germains) Eliot) was born on 8 Apr 1857; died in Jun 1940; was buried on 26 Jun 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Ethel (of Bessborough) Ponsonby was born on 8 Apr 1857 (daughter of Walter William Brabazon (7th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby and Lady Susan Lewis Cornwallis (of St Germains) Eliot); died in Jun 1940; was buried on 26 Jun 1940.
    Children:
    1. 2. Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan. was born in 1885; died in 1964.
    2. Hon. Wellesley Fitzroy Somerset was born in 1887; died in 1969.
    3. Hon. Ethel Georgina Frances Somerset was born in 1889; died in 1981.
    4. Hon. Frederica Susan Katherine Somerset was born in 1891; died in 1967.
    5. Brig. Hon. Nigel Fitzroy Somerset, CBE, DSO, MC was born in 1893 in Cefntilla Court, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in 1990.
    6. Hon. Ivy Felcia Somerset was born in 1897; died in 1986.

  3. 6.  Robert Edward Archibald (11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton) Udny-Hamilton was born on 8 Apr 1871 (son of Archibald William Hamilton and Elizabeth Ann Billyard); died on 26 Oct 1950.

    Notes:

    Lt.-Col. Robert Edward Archibald Udny-Hamilton, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton was baptised with the name of Robert Edward Hamilton.

    He fought in the Chitral Campaign in 1895, in the Relief Force. He fought in the British East Africa Campaign in 1896. He fought in the Tirah Campaign between 1897 and 1898.2 He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland]. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Indian Army.

    He was decorated with the award of Kaisar-i-Hind Medal. He fought in the Mesopotamia Campaign between 1915 and 1918, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) in 1918.

    He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Lanarkshire.

    He succeeded to the title of 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, co. Haddington [S., 1647] on 31 March 1918.

    He held the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons [Scotland] between 1931 and 1933. He was invested as a Knight, Order of Charles XII of Sweden in 1933. On 1934 his name was legally changed to Robert Edward Udny-Hamilton.

    Robert married Kathleen Gonville Bromhead on 15 Nov 1898. Kathleen (daughter of Colonel Sir Benjamin Parnell (4th Bt.) Bromhead and Judith Christine Wood) died on 1 Dec 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Kathleen Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Colonel Sir Benjamin Parnell (4th Bt.) Bromhead and Judith Christine Wood); died on 1 Dec 1935.
    Children:
    1. 3. Hon. Julia Hamilton was born in 1901; died in 1971.
    2. Robert Alexander Benjamin (12th Lord Belhaven and Stenton) Hamilton was born on 16 Sep 1903; died on 10 Jul 1961.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard Henry Fitzroy (2nd Baron Raglan) Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. was born on 24 Mar 1817 (son of Field Marshall Lord Fitzroy James Henry (1st Baron Raglan) Somerset, GCB PC and Emily Harriett (of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole); died on 8 May 1884.

    Notes:

    Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan ( 24 May 1817 - 3 May 1884 ) was a British peer .
    The second son of the 1st Baron Raglan , Somerset was born in Paris and educated at Christ Church, Oxford . He came to Ceylon with Sir Colin Campbell (later Lord Clyde) as his Private Secretary and was subsequently taken into the Ceylon Civil Service in 1841. In 1844 he was Assistant Government Agent of Colombo . He left the island in 1849 to become the Private Secretary of George V of Hanover , leaving that office in 1855 when he succeeded to his father's title. Parliament granted him and his successor a pension of ? 2.000 for the service of his father (23 July 1855). Cefntilla House, Usk, Monmouthshire, was presented to him by about 230 of his father's friends in 1861.
    Cornet Gloucestershire Yeomanry 1856 and Captain 1864-75 he became a Lord-in-Waiting from 1858-59 and 1866-69, under The Earl of Derby 's and Disraeli 's governments respectively.
    On 25 September 1856 , Lord Raglan had married Lady Georgina Lygon , the third daughter of the 4th Earl Beauchamp and they later had five children. After the death of his wife in 1865, he married Mary Blanche Farquhar , the eldest daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet on 11 October 1871 and they had one daughter.
    He died Chesterfield street, London, 3 May 1884 and was buried Llandenny churchyard, co. Monmouth, 8 May.

    Richard married Lady Georgina (of Beauchamp) Lygon on 25 Sep 1856. Georgina (daughter of Gen. Henry (4th Earl of Beauchamp) Lygon and Susan Caroline (of St Germains) Eliot) was born on 30 Jul 1832; died on 30 Sep 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lady Georgina (of Beauchamp) Lygon was born on 30 Jul 1832 (daughter of Gen. Henry (4th Earl of Beauchamp) Lygon and Susan Caroline (of St Germains) Eliot); died on 30 Sep 1865.
    Children:
    1. 4. George (3rd Baron Raglan) Somerset was born on 18 Sep 1857; died on 24 Oct 1921.
    2. Capt. Hon. Arthur Charles Edward Somerset was born in 1859; died in 1948.
    3. Maj. Hon. Granville William Richard Somerset was born in 1862; died in 1901.
    4. Wellesley Henry Somerset was born in 1864; died in 1864.
    5. Capt. Hon. Richard Fitzroy Somerset was born in 1866; died in 1899.

  3. 10.  Walter William Brabazon (7th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby was born on 13 Aug 1829 (son of John William (4th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby and Maria Fane); died on 24 Feb 1906.

    Notes:

    He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
    Between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire; Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset; and Stutton, Suffolk.

    Walter married Lady Susan Lewis Cornwallis (of St Germains) Eliot on 15 Jan 1850. Susan (daughter of Edward Granville (3rd Earl of St Germains) Eliot and Jemima (of Cornwallis) Cornwallis) was born on 17 Dec 1825; died on 15 Jan 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lady Susan Lewis Cornwallis (of St Germains) Eliot was born on 17 Dec 1825 (daughter of Edward Granville (3rd Earl of St Germains) Eliot and Jemima (of Cornwallis) Cornwallis); died on 15 Jan 1911.
    Children:
    1. Edward (8th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby was born on 1 Mar 1851; died on 1 Dec 1920.
    2. Maria Ponsonby was born about 1852; died on 19 Nov 1949.
    3. Cyril Walter Ponsonby was born on 8 Sep 1853; died on 29 Nov 1927.
    4. Granville Ponsonby was born on 13 Sep 1854; died on 24 Feb 1924.
    5. Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby was born on 8 Jan 1856; died on 25 Apr 1918.
    6. 5. Lady Ethel (of Bessborough) Ponsonby was born on 8 Apr 1857; died in Jun 1940; was buried on 26 Jun 1940.
    7. Walter Gerald Ponsonby was born on 31 Jul 1859; died on 28 Apr 1934.
    8. Sara Kathleen Ponsonby died on 10 Jun 1936.

  5. 12.  Archibald William Hamilton was born on 4 Apr 1847 (son of William John Hamilton and Hon Margaret Frances Florence Dillon); died on 5 Jan 1886.

    Archibald + Elizabeth Ann Billyard. Elizabeth (daughter of W. Billyard) was born about 1847; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Ann Billyard was born about 1847 (daughter of W. Billyard); and died.
    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Edward Archibald (11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton) Udny-Hamilton was born on 8 Apr 1871; died on 26 Oct 1950.
    2. Margaret Elizabeth Hamilton died on 21 May 1965.

  7. 14.  Colonel Sir Benjamin Parnell (4th Bt.) Bromhead was born on 22 Oct 1838 (son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville (1st Bt.) Bromhead and Jane ffrench); died on 31 Jul 1935.

    Notes:

    He was commander of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers

    Benjamin married Judith Christine Wood on 15 Sep 1823. Judith died on 12 Jun 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Judith Christine Wood died on 12 Jun 1873.
    Children:
    1. 7. Kathleen Gonville Bromhead died on 1 Dec 1935.



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