The Right Honourable Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (September 30, 1788–June 28, 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British soldier. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment (such as a uniform and weapon) to defend that country or its interests. ...

Field Marshal Lord Raglan during the Crimean War, portrait by Roger Fenton, ca. 1855

He was the eighth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, by Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen. His elder brother, General Lord Edward Somerset (1776–1842), distinguished himself as the leader of the Household Cavalry brigade at the Battle of Waterloo. Lord Fitzroy Somerset was educated at Westminster School, and entered the army in 1804. In 1807 he was attached to the Hon. Sir Arthur Paget's embassy to Turkey, and the same year he was selected to serve on the staff of Sir Arthur Wellesley in the expedition to Copenhagen. In the following year he accompanied the same general in a like capacity to Portugal, and during the whole of the Peninsular War was at his right hand, first as aide-de-camp and then as military secretary. Download high resolution version (600x800, 104 KB)Field Marshall Lord Raglan, ca. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 104 KB)Field Marshall Lord Raglan, ca. ... Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers. ... Henry Somerset (October 16, 1744 - October 11, 1803) was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, and Elizabeth Berkeley. ... Edward Boscawen (August 10, 1711 - January 10, 1761) was a British (Cornish) admiral. ... Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset G.C.B. (December 19, 1776 - September 1, 1842) was a British soldier. ... The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth of Nations to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions. ... Combatants France Anglo-Allied/Prussian/ Dutch Commanders Napoléon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington Gebhard von Blücher Strength 73,000 67,000 Anglo-Allied 60,000 Prussian (48,000 engaged by about 18:00) Casualties 34,000 23,000 Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on... Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum The Royal College of St. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... The Peninsular War (1808–1814) (known as War of Independence in Spain as French Invasions in Portugal and as Guerre dEspagne in France) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the Iberian Peninsula with Spanish, Portuguese, and the British forces fighting against Napoleonic French. ...

He was wounded at the Battle of Buçaco, became brevet-major after Fuentes de Onoro, accompanied the stormers of the 52nd light infantry as a volunteer at Ciudad Rodrigo and specially distinguished himself at the storming of Badajoz, being the first to mount the breach, and afterwards securing one of the gates before the French could organize a fresh defence. On August 6, 1814 he married Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Mornington, the Duke of Wellington's niece. During the short period of the Bourbon rule in 1814 and 1815 he was secretary to the British embassy at Paris. On the renewal of the war he again became aide-de-camp and military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. The Battle of Buçaco was a battle of the Peninsular War, fought by British and Portuguese forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington on September 27, 1810, to check French pursuit of his retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras. ... The Battle of Fuentes de Onoro was fought on May 3 - 5, 1811 and resulted in an undecided battle between French troops under Marshall André Masséna and British under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Ciudad Rodrigo is a small town in Salamanca province in western Spain Its position as a fortified town on the main road from Portugal to Salamanca made it militarily important in the middle years of the Peninsular War. ... Badajoz (formerly Badajos), the capital of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portuguese frontier, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (1763–1845) was an Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. ... The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... This article or section should include material from France: Wars of Religion _ Bourbon Dynasty The House of Bourbon dates from at least the beginning of the 13th century, when the estate of Bourbon was ruled by a Lord, vassal of France. ...

At Waterloo he was wounded in the right arm and had to undergo amputation, but he quickly learned to write with his left hand, and on the conclusion of the war resumed his duties as secretary to the embassy at Paris. From 1818 to 1820, and again in 1826-29, he sat in the British House of Commons as member for Truro. In 1819 he was appointed secretary to the Duke of Wellington as master-general of the ordnance, and from 1827 till the death of the duke in 1852 was military secretary to him as commander-in-chief. He was then appointed Master-General of the Ordnance, a Privy Counsellor (16 October) and was created Baron Raglan (20 October). Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... Truro is the administrative centre of Cornwall. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) was an important British military position before 1855, when its duties were largely abolished. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... The title of Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth, in the United Kingdom was created by Queen Victoria in 1852 for Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and a member of the Privy Council. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ...

In 1854 he was promoted to full general and appointed to the command of the British troops sent to the Crimea in co-operation with a strong French army under Marshal St Arnaud and afterwards, up to May 1855, under Marshal Canrobert. Here his diplomatic experience stood him in good stead in dealing with the generals and admirals, British, French and Turkish, who were associated with him; however, the trying winter campaign of the Crimean War showed that becoming a General was a step too far for Raglan. 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... Combatants United Kingdom, France, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia Imperial Russia Commanders Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 30,000 French 2,050 Sardinian killed and wounded 256,000 killed and wounded {{{notes}}} The Crimean War lasted from 28 March... Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854), French soldier, served as a Marshal of France. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... François Certain Canrobert (June 27, 1809 - January 28, 1895), was a marshal of France. ... Combatants United Kingdom, France, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia Imperial Russia Commanders Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 30,000 French 2,050 Sardinian killed and wounded 256,000 killed and wounded {{{notes}}} The Crimean War lasted from 28 March...

Lord Raglan and his staff were at the time blamed by the press and the government for the hardships and sufferings of the British soldiers in the terrible Crimean winter before the Siege of Sevastopol, owing to shortages of food and clothing. Lord Raglan was to blame not only for representing matters in a too sanguine light, but also refusing to purchase supplies of wood from the Ottomans to be used for making floors for the tented buildings of the British camp and also to allow the troops to light fires, essential in the bitter damp winter. During this unhealthy winter, the British contingent had 23,000 men unfit for duty due to ill health and only 9,000 fit for duty. There have been two Sieges of Sevastopol, a Russian city on the Crimean peninsula: Siege of Sevastopol (1854) - during the Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol (1942) - during the Second World War This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

It afterwards was suggested that the chief neglect rested with the home authorities, and indeed the appalling logistical support from England no doubt exacerbated an already poor situation, but the chief cause of the problems is without doubt the wholesale incompetence of the British command on the scene of battle.

His failure to give coherent or timely commands on the field of battle led to numerous mistakes, and his blind ignorance of the growing rivalry between the Earl of Lucan and the Earl of Cardigan would have tragic consequences for the Light Brigade. At Balaklava and Inkerman he displayed a complete lack of any tactical acumen, sending small British units against large Russian contingents, on several occasions this resulted in the complete destruction of the British units. Despite this the battle resulted in an Allied victory, and he was made Field Marshal following its successful conclusion. George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (April 16, 1800 - November 10, 1888) was a British soldier, remembered for his part in the Crimean War. ... James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (October 16, 1797 - March 28, 1868) was a British military leader during the Crimean War. ... Categories: Stub | Battles of the Crimean War ... The Battle of Inkermann, a battle of the Crimean War, was fought on November 5, 1854 and resulted in a British and French victory under General Bosquet against the Russian forces under General Menshikov. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ...

During the trying winter of 1854-55, the suffering he was compelled to witness, the censures which he had to endure and all the manifold anxieties of the siege seriously undermined his health, and although he found a friend and ardent supporter in his new French colleague, General Pélissier, disappointment at the failure of the assault of June 18, 1855 finally broke his spirit, and very shortly afterwards, he died of dysentery. His body was brought home and interred at Badminton. Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier, comte de Malakoff (November 6, 1794 - May 22, 1864), Duke of Malakoff, was a marshal of France. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Dysentery is an illness involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. ... This article is about the racquet sport badminton. ...

Lord Raglan had two sons:

• The Hon. Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset, born 6 May 1816. He married 8 July 1845, as his first wife, Emile Marie Louise Wilhelmina de Baumbach, daughter of the Baron de Baumbach. A major in the army, he was wounded at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 21 December 1845 and died of his wounds on the 25 December following. As he left no children, the title passed on Lord Raglan's death to
• Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-1884), the second son. He was in turn succeeded by his son George Fitzroy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan.

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