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Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan

The Lord Raglan
Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan by William Salter.jpg
FitzRoy Somerset by William Salter, 1838–1840
Born (1788-09-30)30 September 1788
Badminton House, Gloucestershire
Died 28 June 1855(1855-06-28) (aged 66)
Crimea, Russian Empire
Buried at Badminton, Gloucestershire
Allegiance  United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1804–1855
Rank Field Marshal
Commands held Master-General of the Ordnance
British Troops in the Crimea
Battles/wars

Napoleonic Wars

Crimean War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph (Bavaria)
Order of the Medjidie, First Class (Ottoman Empire)

Napoleonic Wars

Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. As a junior officer he served in the Peninsular War and the Hundred Days, latterly as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He also took part in politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Truro before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance. He became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea in 1854: while his primary objective was to defend Constantinople he was ordered to besiege the Russian Port of Sevastopol. After an early success at the Battle of Alma, a failure to deliver orders with sufficient clarity caused the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Despite further success at the Battle of Inkerman, a piecemeal allied assault on Sevastopol in June 1855 was a complete failure. Raglan died later that month from a mixture of dysentery and clinical depression.


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