1857 - 1921 (64 years)
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Name |
George (3rd Baron Raglan) Somerset |
Birth |
18 Sep 1857 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Oct 1921 |
Person ID |
I120897 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Family |
Lady Ethel (of Bessborough) Ponsonby, b. 8 Apr 1857 d. Jun 1940 (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
1883 |
Children |
| 1. Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan., b. 1885 d. 1964 (Age 79 years) |
| 2. Hon. Wellesley Fitzroy Somerset, b. 1887 d. 1969 (Age 82 years) |
| 3. Hon. Ethel Georgina Frances Somerset, b. 1889 d. 1981 (Age 92 years) |
| 4. Hon. Frederica Susan Katherine Somerset, b. 1891 d. 1967 (Age 76 years) |
| 5. Brig. Hon. Nigel Fitzroy Somerset, CBE, DSO, MC, b. 1893, Cefntilla Court, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 1990 (Age 97 years) |
| 6. Hon. Ivy Felcia Somerset, b. 1897 d. 1986 (Age 89 years) |
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Family ID |
F46332 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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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.
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