Baron Raglan
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Baron Raglan , of Raglan in the County of Monmouth , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The family seat of the barons is Cefntilla Court near Usk in Monmouthshire.
Award
The title was created in 1852 for General and MP Fitzroy Somerset , the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort . This received the title immediately before he became commander in chief of the British troops in the Crimean War . He died during the war.
List of Barons Raglan (1852)
- FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
- Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-1884)
- George FitzRoy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan (1857–1921)
- FitzRoy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan (1885–1964)
- FitzRoy John Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan (1927-2010)
- Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan (born 1932)
The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the grandson of the current baron, Hon. Inigo Arthur Fitzroy Somerset (* 2004).
literature
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St. Martin's Press, New York 1990.