Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan

Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (24 May 1817 – 3 May 1884) was a British peer.

Richard Somerset
Baron Raglan
Richard Somerset, later 2nd Baron Raglan
Born	24 May 1817 Paris
Died	3 May 1884 (aged 66) London
Noble family	House of Beaufort
Spouse(s)	Georgina Lygon Mary Blanche Farquhar
Issue George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan Arthur Charles Edward Somerset Granville William Richard Somerset Wellesley Henry Somerset Richard FitzRoy Somerset Violet Elizabeth Katharine Somerset
Father	FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
Mother	Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole

Life

The second son of FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, he was born in Paris and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He went to Ceylon with Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell KCB (1776 – 13 June 1847) as his Private Secretary and was subsequently taken into the Ceylon civil service in 1841. In 1844 he was the 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). He was a Cornet in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry from 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.

The family seat is Cefntilla Court in Llandenny, Monmouthshire. An inscription over the porch dated 1858 reads: “This house with 238 acres of land was purchased by 1623 of the friends, admirers and comrades in arms of the late Field Marshal Lord Raglan GCB and presented by them to his son and his heirs for ever in a lasting memorial of affectionate regard and respect”.

He died in Chesterfield Street, London on 3 May 1884 and was buried in Llandenny churchyard, Monmouthshire, on 8 May.

Family

On 25 September 1856 Somerset married Lady Georgina Lygon, the third daughter of Henry Lygon, 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.

Notes

1. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Somerset, Richard Henry Fitzroy" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan

Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort Rachel Noel Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort John Symes Berkeley Elizabeth Berkeley Elizabeth Norborne FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth Admiral Rt. Hon. Edward Boscawen Charlotte Godfrey Elizabeth Boscawen William Evelyn Glanville, High Sheriff of Kent Frances Evelyn Glanville Frances Glanville Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington Elizabeth Sale William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon Hon. Annie Hill Anne Stafford Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard Admiral John Forbes Mary Stewart Katherine Elizabeth Forbes William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex Lady Mary Capell Lady Jane Hyde