3rd Baron Raglan, George FitzRoy Henry Somerset

1857 - 1921  (64 years)

• Name	George FitzRoy Henry Somerset
  Title	3rd Baron Raglan,
  Born	18 Sep 1857	Grosvenor Place, London
  Christened	15 Oct 1857	St. Paul's, Knightsbridge   [1]
  Sponsor	15 Oct 1857	H.M. the King of Hanover
  Died	24 Oct 1921
  Person ID	I01152	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset,   b. 24 May 1817, Paris, France B. S. ,   d. 03 May 1884, 8 Chesterfield-street, Mayfair, London  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Georgiana Lygon,   b. 30 Jul 1832, Grosvenor Place, London ,   d. 30 Sep 1865, Wimbledon  (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F00181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Ethel Jemima Ponsonby,   b. 08 Apr 1857, Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 22 Jun 1940  (Age 83 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1883	St. James, Piccadilly   [2]
  Children	1. Infant Son Somerset,   b. 01 Mar 1884, 28 Ebury-street, Pimlico, London ,   d. 03 Mar 1884  (Age 0 years)   2. FitzRoy Richard Somerset,   b. 10 Jun 1885,   d. 14 Sep 1964  (Age 79 years)   3. Wellesley FitzRoy Somerset,   b. 13 Jun 1887,   d. 26 Feb 1969  (Age 81 years)   4. Ethel Georgiana Frances Somerset,   b. 04 Jun 1889,   d. 10 Oct 1981  (Age 92 years)   5. Frederica Susan Katherine Somerset,   b. 31 Aug 1891,   d. 16 Jun 1967  (Age 75 years)   6. Nigel FitzRoy Somerset,   b. 27 Dec 1893,   d. 07 Feb 1990  (Age 96 years)   7. Ivy Felicia Somerset,   b. 30 Mar 1897,   d. Mar 1986  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  Scan of Original Baptism Record. Peerage.com.