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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.
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1862 - 1901 (39 years)
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