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• Residence: 1841, (Census) 16 Grosvenor Place

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--- Goddaughter of Aunt Caroline (Lady Caroline Georgiana Eliot)

--- "London Standard" Wednesday, 04 Oct 1865, page 7:
DEATHS
Raglan.- Sept. 30, at Wimbledon, the Lady Raglan, aged 33.

--- "Monmouthshire Beacon" 14 Oct 1865, page 4:
THE LATE LADY RAGLAN.--- In noticing the death of this esteemed lady the Court Journal says:--- "Many of our readers will learn with deep regret the intelligence of the premature death of Lady Raglan. The mournful event happened on Saturday morning, at Wimbledon, where Lord Raglan and his lamented wife had taken a temporary residence. The deceased, Georgianna Lady Raglan, was the third and only surviving daughter of Henry Beauchamp Lygon, second Earl of Beauchamp, by his wife Lady Susan Caroline, second daughter of William, second Earl of St. Germans. She was born July 30th, 1832, and married, Sept. 25th, 1856, the present Lord Raglan. The deceased lady leaves a youthful family of four children. The late Lady Raglan was confined of a son on the 9th of August, at the town residence of the family in Great Cumberland Street, and had removed to Wimbledon a few days since to recruit her strength.

--- "Yorkshire Gazette" Saturday, 07 Oct 1865, page 3 of 12:
DEATH OF LADY RAGLAN. --- We have to announce the demise of Lady Raglan, which event occured on Saturday last, after a very short illness. Her ladyship was the only daughter of the late Earl Beauchamp, and was born in 1832. She leaves a youthful family by Lord Raglan, to whom she was married in September, 1856.

--- "Hereford Times" 05 October 1867, page 3:
Re-Interment.--- The remains of the late Lady Raglan, sister to Earl Beauchamp, were removed from Brompton Cemetery, under a faculty from the Bishop of London, and re-interred in a brick vault in Madresfield churchyard yesterday (Friday) week. The bodies of Miss Marks and Miss Susan Marks, who waited on her ladyship, and died some time after her, were also removed. The ceremony was strictly private.
[She was re-interred on 20 Sep 1867]

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--- "The True Story of My Life: An Autobiography by Alice M. Diehl" by Alice Mangold Diehl, 1908, page 45:
Then last, but not least --- for my mother had hosts of other good friends, among them Mr. Hertz, the great art connousseur, and his family--- there was the beautiful Miss Lygon, afterwards, when her father became Earl Beauchamp, Lady Georgiana Lygon, who later on married Lord Raglan, the son of the well-known General.

Lady Georgiana was a constant visitor, and after we were considered old enough, we were her frequent guests in Grosvenor Place.

Her deputy-mother --- to whose care she and her eldest sister, Felicia, were urgently confided by their young mother, Lady Susan Lygon, on her death-bed --- was a Miss Marks, the elder and more robust sister of my own always beloved godmother, Susanna Marks. Thus we children became of interest to one of the loveliest girls ever created, and, lover of beauty as I was, each time that we met, whether she came to see my mother, whom she evidently valued very highly, or we 'spent the day' at Grosvenor Place, or joined the children invited to her parties, each occasion was like a star in my memory. It was always there, shining, in the dull sky of my London life.

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There were other concerts at which I played. And once again I found my self in salons where artists were always welcome. But the event of 1863 --- in my case an event which, by a concatenation of incidents, led to the shunting of my life into other channels --- was my introduction by our friend of life, Lady Raglan (formerly Lady Georgiana Lygon), to the patron of music and musicians, the Earl of Dudley.

The beautiful creature was always, in her unselfish life, thinking of others. She never left us long without finding out how we fared, and doing her utmost to help and further our interests. I do not remember which year it was that she married the son of the celebrated Lord Raglan, but I well recollect the array of wedding-presents --- we were 'spending the day' in Grosvenor Place, as so often before--- and the gratification it was to see our modest offerings among the diamonds and the gold, also, a few days later, the marriage in a Belgravian church of extremest High Church tendencies. I can see her now, coming down the church on her bridegroom's arm, in a heavy lace veil thrown back over as heavy a wreath of real orange-blossoms, the old lace, and thick silk of her rich, plain gown --- chimed in ill with the unusual pallor of her ordinarily peach-like complexion. Her dark-blue eyes looked very blue, her dark hair very dark, and there was a sadness in her rare, sweet smile as she noticed her special friends as she left the church on her husband's arm, which, to me, boded ill. I felt singularly depressed for some time after --- one of those horrible whispers which meant death had unnerved me as that lovely, pale bride went by . . . She died, all too young, in the first fullness of rich, beautiful yought, as her mother, Lady Susan Lygon, and her sister, Lady Felicia Cavendish, had died before her.

But before her premature translation, she had a time of healthy, happy wife and motherhood. In the early days of her married life she suggested to my mother that a special introduction from herself to Lord Dudley might help me on.

Georgiana married Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset on 25 Sep 1856 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Richard (son of FitzRoy James Henry Somerset and Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole) was born on 24 May 1817 in Paris, France B. S.; died on 03 May 1884 in 8 Chesterfield-street, Mayfair, London; was buried on 08 May 1884 in St. John's, Llandenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Sponsor: 15 Oct 1857, H.M. the King of Hanover

Notes:

--- "The Times" 29 Oct 1921, page 11:
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
LORD RAGLAN.

The Earl of Clarendon represented the King at the memorial service yesterday, at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, for Lord Raglan, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, whose funeral took place yesterday at Llandenny, Monmouthshire. The Rev. W.E. Simmons, chaplain to the Household Cavalry, officiated, and the musical portion of the service was rendered by the band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Lieutenant Miller, and by the choristers of St. Peter's Church. The service began with the playing of two voluntaries and the "Dead March" in Saul. The hymns were "Hark, my soul! It is the Lord," "The saints of God," and "The King of Love my Shepherd is." At the conclusion of the service the National Anthem was sung and the "Last Post" sounded, the drummers of the Grenadier Guards being placed in the vestry of the church.

The immediate relatives present were Lady Raglan (the widow), the Hon. Mrs. William Douglas, the Hon. Frederica and the Hon. Ivy Somerset (daughters), the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Somerset (sister-in-law), Miss Blanche Somerset (niece), the Hon. Mrs. Wilfrid Smith (half-sister), the Dowager Countess of Bessborough, Lord and Lady Oranmore and Browne, the Hon. Cyril and Mrs. Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter Ponsonby, Major Chalres and Lady Kathleen Skinner, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Lady Gweneth Baring, the Hon. Windham Baring, Lady May Ponsonby, Mr. Victor Ponsonby, and the Hon. Bertie Ponsonby. The Hon. FitzRoy Somerset (eldest son and heir), attended the funeral at Llandenny.

--- 1861 Census shows them at Madresfield Court. Governess is Eliza Marks.

George married Ethel Jemima Ponsonby on 28 Feb 1883 in St. James, Piccadilly. Ethel (daughter of Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot) was born on 08 Apr 1857 in Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset; was christened on 01 May 1857 in Canford Magna, Dorset; died on 22 Jun 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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--- "The Times" 25 Mar 1948, page 1:
SOMERSET. On March 24, 1948, at 24, Sloane Avenue, S.W.3, Capt. the Hon. Arthur Charles Edward Somerset, late Rifle Brigade, second son of the 2nd Baron Raglan, aged 88. Funeral private, no flowers, but donations may be sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hackney, E.2. Memorial service Thursday, April 1, 12.15, at St. Michael's, Chester Square.

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--- “The Times” 28 Nov 1901, page 9:
The death took place suddenly on Monday, at his residence, 30, Milner-street, Cadogan-square, S.W., of Colonel the Hon. Granville William Richard Somerset, third son of the second and brother of the present Lord Raglan. Colonel Somerset, who was born in 1862, entered the Navy when a boy and as a sub-lieutenant served in Egypt in 1882. Leaving the senior service in 1884, he held a commission in the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers (Militia) for some years, retiring with the rank of honorary lieutenant-colonel. He married in 1892 Malvina Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Malcolm MacGregor, fourth baronet of MacGregor.

--- "St. James's Gazette” 28 Nov 1901, page 17:
The Hon. Granville William Richard Somerset, late of the Royal Bavy, who died suddenly at his residence in Milner-street, Cadogan-square, on Monday, at the age of thirty-nine, was the third son of the second Lord Raglan, and brother of the present peer. Born in 1862, he took part in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, for which he had the medal and bronze star. When he retired from the navy he joined the Militia, and was Major of the Monmouthshire Engineers.

-- "Globe" 27 Nov 1901, page 9:
The funeral of the Hon. Granville Somerset will take place at Llandenny at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. The train leaves Paddington at 10.45 a.m., and the return train is due at 8.30 p.m. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, tomorrow, at 2.45 p.m.

Granville married Malvina Charlotte MacGregor in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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--- "Sheffield Daily Telegraph" Saturday, 12 August 1865, page 8 :
BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at 16, Great Cumberland-street, Lady Raglan, of a son.

--- "Yorkshire Post" 03 Mar 1899, page 6:
Captain the Hon. Richard Fitzroy Somerset died yesterday at the Southern Hospital, Liverpool. He arrived in Liverpool on Sunday from the West Coast of Africa, and as he was in a critical state from black water fever he was conveyed to the hospital. Lord Raglan, his brother, and other relatives were at the hospital when death occurred. Captain Somerset, who was 33 years of age, was an officer of the Grenadier Guards. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Wolseley when his Lordship was commander-in-chief in Ireland, and he went to the West Coast in February last year in connection with the formation of the new frontier native force.

--- "Monmouthshire Beacon" 10 Mar 1899, page 5:
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN
THE HON. RICHARD FITZROY SOMERSET.

It is our painful duty to record the death of captain the Hon. Richard FitzRoy Somerset, youngest son of the late and youngest brother of the present Lord Raglan, which occurred on Thursday of last week, the 2nd inst, at Liverpool. The deceased officer only landed at that seaport on the Sunday previous from Lagos, with his health so shattered by the West African climate that he was unable to proceed on his journey to London. The members of the family were summoned but despite the best medical attention possible the deceased succumbed, as stated, to an attack of what is known as Black Water fever.

The deceased officer was thirty-three years of age. He joined the Grenadier Guards in August 1886, and obtained the rank of Captain in March of last year. Eighteen months ago he was selected for special service on the west coast of Africa with the view of organising a new battalion of native troops there, and during his residence at Jebba devoted himself with untiring energy and indefatigable zeal to turning the natives of the country into useful troops. He penetrated into parts of the hinterland never before traversed by white men and his reports were highly thought of at the Colonial Office. He gave his health and strength ungrudgingly to his country and his untimely death deprives the army of the services of an able and promising officer. During Viscount Wolseley's command in Ireland, Capt. Somerset acted as his aide-de-camp, and his cousin, Earl Beauchamp, who proceeds shortly to New South Wales as Governor, had asked him to undertake a similar duty in that colony. Captain Somerset in his early military career was a lieutenant in the R.M.R.E. (M). . . .[Further report of the funeral.]

--- "South Wales Daily News" 06 Mar 1899, page 4:
FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN THE HON. R. SOMERSET.

The funeral of Captain the Hon. Richard Fitzroy Somerset, youngest brother of Lord Raglan, who died at Liverpool on teh 2nd inst. from African fever, took place at Llandenny, midway between Usk and Raglan, on Saturday afternoon. The funeral party -- the military portion of which, from London, had joined the family portion at Pontypool Road Station -- arrived at Llandenny Station at 2.40, and was met by a number of parishioners. The mourners were as follow:-- Lord and Lady Raglan, Capt. the Hon. Arthur Somerset, the Hon. Violet Somerset, the Hon. Mrs. Walter Farquhar, Mr. Raglan T.H. Somerset, the Hon. Granville Somerset, Lord Beauchamp, the Hon. Edward Lygon, the Hon. Robert Lygon, Colonel Eaton (commanding Grenadier Guards), Colonel Crabbe, Captain Corry, Lord Kilcoursie, Lord Edward Cecil, Major C. Fergusson, Major R. Gilmore, and Mr. R.G. Munn. The coffin, which was of polished oak with massive brass furnishings, had on the breastplate the inscription:-- "Captain the Honourable Richard Fitzroy Somerset (Grenadier Guards). Died 2nd March, 1899. Aged 33 years." The Union Jack served as a pall, and on it were placed the usual accoutrements of the deceased and the beautiful wreaths of the family. The Rev. H.P. Somerset, rector of Crickhowell, and cousin of the deceased, met the cortege at the churchyard gates, and read the greater part of the service, the Rev. C.H. Fardell (vicar of Llandenny) reading the lesson only. The hymns commencing "Brief life is here our portion" and "Through the night of doubt and sorrow" were sung in the church. A party of eight sergeants of the battalions to which deceased had been attached carried the body to its last resting place, adjoining that of his father which had been lined with moss and adorned with snowdrops.

Beautiful wreaths, etc., were sent by Lord and Lady Raglan and other members of the family, from Colonel Eaton and the officers of the regiment, the N.C.O.'s of the Grenadier Guards, Earl and Countess Stanhope, Lord Edward Cecil, Colonel Herbert, C.B., Sir A.F. Webster, Colonel Curre and officers of the R.M.R.E. (M), Mr. Ronald H. Buxton (Norfolk Regiment), and many others.

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-- Burial Record Transcription:
Name: The infant son of the Honorable Fitzroy Somerset
Place where Death occurred: 28 Ebury Street, Pimlico.
When Buried: March 5
Age: 30 Hours
Place of Burial and No. of Grave: Private Grave 2nd Interment E51.0x138.9