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Hon. Violet Elizabeth Katherine Somerset

Hon. Violet Elizabeth Katherine Somerset

Female 1874 - 1935  (60 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hon. Violet Elizabeth Katherine Somerset was born on 10 Nov 1874 (daughter of Richard Henry Fitzroy (2nd Baron Raglan) Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. and Mary Blanche Farquhar); died on 29 Apr 1935.

    Violet married Lt Col Wilfrid Robert Abel Smith, CMG on 8 Dec 1900. Wilfrid died on 19 May 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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 + Mary Blanche Farquhar. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Blanche Farquhar and died.
    Children:
    1. 1. Hon. Violet Elizabeth Katherine Somerset was born on 10 Nov 1874; died on 29 Apr 1935.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Field Marshall Lord Fitzroy James Henry (1st Baron Raglan) Somerset, GCB PC was born on 30 Sep 1788 in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England (son of Henry (5th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset, KG and Elizabeth Boscawen); died on 28 Jun 1855 in Sebastopol; was buried in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    created 20 Oct 1852 Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth

    Entered the Army as Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 1804; Lieut 1805; attached to Sir Arthur Paget, Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, 1807; Capt, 43rd Foot 1808; Brevet Major 1811; ADC and Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War; Brevet Lt Col 1812; Capt and Lt Col, 1st Foot Guards 1814; Secretary of Embassy in Paris 1814-15 and 1815-18; Col and ADC to the Prince Regent 1815-22; lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo 1815; KCB 1815; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Truro 1816-20 and 1826-29; Secretary to the Master General of the Ordnance (the Duke of Wellington) 1819-27; accompanies the Duke of Wellington to the Congresses at Vienna and Verona 1822; Maj General 1825; Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief (the Duke of Wellington) 1827-52; Lieut General 1838; GCB 1847; Master General of the Ordnance 1852-55; Privy Councillor 1852; Col, 53rd Foot 1853-54 and Royal Horse Guards ("the Blues") 1854-55; General 1854; Field Marshal 1854; Commander-in-Chief of the Forces sent to the Crimea, where he won the Battles of Alma and Inkerman 1854

    Fitzroy married Emily Harriett (of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole on 6 Aug 1814. Emily (daughter of William (3rd Earl of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole and Katherine Forbes) was born on 13 Mar 1782; died on 6 Mar 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Emily Harriett (of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole was born on 13 Mar 1782 (daughter of William (3rd Earl of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole and Katherine Forbes); died on 6 Mar 1881.
    Children:
    1. 2. Richard Henry Fitzroy (2nd Baron Raglan) Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. was born on 24 Mar 1817; died on 8 May 1884.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry (5th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset, KG was born on 16 Oct 1744 (son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Berkeley); died on 11 Oct 1803.

    Notes:

    He held the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons between 1767 and 1772.
    He held the office of Master of the Horse between 1768 and 1770, to the Queen Consort.
    He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire between 1771 and 1803

    Henry married Elizabeth Boscawen on 2 Jan 1766. Elizabeth (daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN, daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN and Frances Glanville) was born on 28 May 1747; died on 15 Jun 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Boscawen was born on 28 May 1747 (daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN, daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN and Frances Glanville); died on 15 Jun 1828.
    Children:
    1. Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort was born on 22 Dec 1760; died on 2 Dec 1835.
    2. Henry Charles (6th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset was born on 22 Dec 1766; died on 23 Nov 1835.
    3. General Lord Charles Henry Somerset was born on 2 Dec 1767; died on 18 Feb 1831.
    4. Lord Edward Henry Somerset was born in 1768; died in 1769.
    5. Lord Norborne Berkeley Henry Somerset was born on 4 May 1771; died in 1838.
    6. Lady Elizabeth Somerset was born on 11 Feb 1773; died on 5 May 1836.
    7. Lady Frances Elizabeth Somerset was born on 3 Apr 1774; died on 24 May 1841.
    8. Lady Harriet Isabella Elizabeth Somerset was born on 9 Jul 1775; died on 1 Jun 1855.
    9. Lord Robert Henry Somerset was born on 19 Dec 1776; died on 1 Sep 1842.
    10. Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset was born in 1780; died in 1816.
    11. Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset was born on 2 Sep 1784; died on 14 Jan 1861.
    12. Lady Anne Elizabeth Somerset was born on 7 Jun 1786; died on 22 Sep 1803.
    13. Col. Lord John thomas Henry Somerset was born on 30 Aug 1787; died on 3 Oct 1846.
    14. 4. Field Marshall Lord Fitzroy James Henry (1st Baron Raglan) Somerset, GCB PC was born on 30 Sep 1788 in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Jun 1855 in Sebastopol; was buried in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England.

  3. 10.  William (3rd Earl of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole was born on 20 May 1763 (son of Garret (1st Earl of Mornington) Wesley and Anne (of Dungannon) Hill); died on 22 Feb 1845.

    William married Katherine Forbes on 17 May 1784. Katherine (daughter of Admiral Hon. John Forbes and Mary Capell) was born in 1760; died on 23 Oct 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Katherine Forbes was born in 1760 (daughter of Admiral Hon. John Forbes and Mary Capell); died on 23 Oct 1851.
    Children:
    1. 5. Emily Harriett (of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole was born on 13 Mar 1782; died on 6 Mar 1881.
    2. William (4th Earl of Mornington) Wellesley-Pole was born on 22 May 1788; and died.
    3. Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole was born in 1793; died on 18 Feb 1879.



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