1. | 3rd Baron Raglan, George FitzRoy Henry Somerset was born on 18 Sep 1857 in Grosvenor Place, London; was christened on 15 Oct 1857 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge; died on 24 Oct 1921. Other Events:
- 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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