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词条 FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Military career

  3. Crimean War

  4. Family

  5. Ancestry

  6. Cinematic portrayal

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. Sources

  10. External links

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| birth_name = FitzRoy James Henry Somerset
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1855|06|28|1788|09|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Badminton, Gloucestershire, England
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  • Hundred Days
Crimean War
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Order of the Medjidie, First Class (Ottoman Empire)
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Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|PC}} (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. As a junior officer he served in the Peninsular War and the Hundred Days, latterly as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He also took part in politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Truro before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance. He became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea in 1854: while his primary objective was to defend Constantinople he was ordered to besiege the Russian Port of Sevastopol. After an early success at the Battle of Alma, a failure to deliver orders with sufficient clarity caused the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Despite further success at the Battle of Inkerman, a piecemeal allied assault on Sevastopol in June 1855 was a complete failure. Raglan died later that month, while suffering with dysentery and depression.

Early life

Born at Badminton House in Gloucestershire as the ninth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and his wife Elizabeth (daughter of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen),[1] Somerset was educated at Westminster School and was commissioned as a cornet in the 4th Light Dragoons on 16 June 1804.[2]

Military career

Promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1805,[3] Somerset accompanied Sir Arthur Paget on his visit to Sultan Selim III of the Ottoman Empire, who had been aligning himself too closely with France, in 1807.[4] He became a captain in the 43rd Regiment of Foot on 5 May 1808 shortly before his appointment as aide-de-camp to Sir Arthur Wellesley in July 1808.[1] Somerset accompanied Wellesley's Army when it was sent to Portugal later that month.[1] Somerset fought at the Second Battle of Porto in May 1809, the Battle of Talavera in July 1809 and the Battle of Bussaco (where he was wounded) in September 1810.[1] He was appointed acting military secretary to Wellington in November 1810 and fought with him at the Battle of Pombal in March 1811, the Battle of Sabugal in April 1811 and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811.[1] Promoted to brevet major on 9 June 1811, he also took part in the Battle of El Bodón in September 1811.[1] He specially distinguished himself at the storming of Badajoz in March 1812 by being the first to mount the breach and by helping to secure the surrender of the French Governor and was duly promoted to lieutenant colonel on 27 April 1812.[4]

Somerset went on to fight with Wellington at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812, the Siege of Burgos in September 1812 and the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813 as well as the Siege of San Sebastián in July 1813, the Battle of the Pyrenees in July 1813 and the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813.[1] They also fought together at the Battle of the Nive in December 1813, the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.[1] Following Wellington's appointment as British Ambassador during the short period of Bourbon restoration, Somerset assumed a role as his secretary at the Embassy on 5 July 1814.[5] Somerset transferred to the 1st Guards on 25 July 1814 and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 2 January 1815.[6]

Somerset also saw action during the Hundred Days: he served on Wellington's staff at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 and at the Battle of Waterloo two days later (where he had to have his right arm amputated[7] and then demanded his arm back so he could retrieve the ring that his wife had given him).[8] Promoted to colonel and appointed an aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent on 28 August 1815,[9] he was appointed a Knight of the Bavarian Military Order of Max Joseph on 3 October 1815.[10] He remained with the Army of Occupation in France until May 1816 when he returned to the post of secretary at the British Embassy in Paris.[11]

Somerset was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Truro in 1818[12] and became Wellington's secretary in the latter's new capacity as Master-General of the Ordnance in 1819.[8] Somerset lost his seat at the general election in 1820 but, having been promoted to major-general on 27 May 1825,[13] regained his seat in Parliament in 1826.[14] Following Wellington's appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in January 1827 Somerset became Military Secretary in August 1827.[15] He stood down from Parliament in 1829 and was promoted to lieutenant-general on 28 June 1838.[16] Advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 24 September 1852, he became Master-General of the Ordnance on 30 September 1852[17] and was raised to the peerage as Baron Raglan of Raglan in the County of Monmouthshire on 11 October 1852.[18]

Crimean War

Raglan became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea with the temporary rank of full general on 21 February 1854[19] and was promoted to the substantive rank of full general on 20 June 1854.[20] While Raglan's primary objective was to defend Constantinople he was ordered by the Duke of Newcastle, who was at the time Secretary of State for War, to besiege the Russian Port of Sevastopol "unless it could not be undertaken with a reasonable prospect of success".[21] An Anglo-French force under the joint command of Somerset and General Jacques St. Arnaud defeated General Alexander Menshikov's Russian army at the Battle of Alma in September 1854.[8]

At the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, Raglan issued an order to the Earl of Lucan, his cavalry commander, who in turn ordered the Earl of Cardigan, a subordinate commander who happened to be Lucan's brother-in-law and who detested him, to lead the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade leading to some 278 British casualties.[22] Despite an indecisive result at Balaclava the British and French allied army gained a victory at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and Raglan was promoted to the rank of field marshal on 5 November 1854.[23] He was also awarded the Ottoman Empire Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class on 15 May 1855.[24]

Raglan was blamed by the press and the government for the sufferings of the British soldiers in the terrible Crimean winter during the Siege of Sevastopol owing to shortages of food and clothing[25] although this, in part, was the fault of the home authorities who failed to provide adequate logistical support.[4] A piecemeal allied assault on Sevastopol on 18 June 1855 was a complete failure.[4] The anxieties of the siege began to seriously undermine Raglan's health and he died unexpectedly on 28 June 1855, while suffering with dysentery and depression.[4] His body was brought home and interred at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.[8]

Raglan had also served as honorary colonel of the 53rd Regiment of Foot[26] and then as honorary colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues).[27] Cefntilla Court, Llandenny was built as a lasting memorial to Somerset in 1858: an inscription over the porch there reads:[28] {{quote|"This house with 238 acres of land was purchased by 1623 of the friends, admirers and comrades in arms of the late Field Marshal Lord Raglan GCB and presented by them to his son and his heirs for ever in a lasting memorial of affectionate regard and respect."}} A blue plaque was erected outside Raglan's house at Stanhope Gate in London in 1911.[29]

Family

On 6 August 1814 Somerset married Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole (daughter of the William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, and niece of the Duke of Wellington). They had two sons:[30]

  • Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset (6 May 1816 – 21 December 1845)
  • Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (24 May 1817 – 3 May 1884)

Ancestry

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|2= Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
|3= Elizabeth Boscawen
|4= Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
|5= Elizabeth Berkeley
|6= Admiral Rt. Hon. Edward Boscawen
|7= Frances Evelyn Glanville
|8= Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
|9= Rachel Noel
|10= John Symes Berkeley
|11= Elizabeth Norborne
|12= Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth
|13= Charlotte Godfrey
|14= William Evelyn Glanville, High Sheriff of Kent
|15= Frances Glanville
|16= Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
|17= Rebecca Child
|18= Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
|19= Catherine Greville
|20= Richard Berkeley
|21= Elizabeth Symes
|22= Walter Norborne
|23= Frances Bacon
|24= Edward Boscawen (MP)
|25= Jael Godolphin
|26= Col. Charles Godfrey
|27= Arabella Churchill
|28= George Evelyn, MP for Bletchingley
|29= Frances Broomhall
|30= William Glanville, Barrister of Middle Temple
|31= Frances Hales
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Cinematic portrayal

Raglan was portrayed by Sir John Gielgud in the film The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968).[31]

See also

  • Raglan sleeve

References

1. ^Heathcote, p. 267
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=15710|page=726|date=12 June 1804}}
3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=15811|page=718|date=28 May 1805}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26007?docPos=1|title=FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=16914|page=1371|date= 5 July 1814}}
6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=16972|page=20|date=4 January 1815}}
7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17028|page=1216|date=22 June 1815}}
8. ^Heathcote, p. 268
9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17057|page=1787|date=2 September 1815}}
10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17067|page=2025|date=3 October 1815}}
11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17137|page=931|date=18 May 1816}}
12. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17384|page=1377|date=1 August 1818}}
13. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18141|page=926|date=28 May 1825}}
14. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18269|page=1787|date=18 July 1826}}
15. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18391|page=1827|date=28 August 1827}}
16. ^{{London Gazette|issue=19631|page=1489|date=3 July 1838}}
17. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21363|page=2591|date=1 October 1852}}
18. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21366|page=2663|date=12 October 1852}}
19. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21524|page=515|date=21 February 1854}}
20. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21564|page=1931|date=22 June 1854}}
21. ^Hibbert, p. 56
22. ^Calthorpe, p. 132
23. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21630|page=3593|date=21 November 1854}}
24. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21714|page=1915|date=18 May 1855}}
25. ^Martin, p. 181
26. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18747|page=2420|date=19 November 1830}}
27. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21551|page=1442|date=9 May 1854}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5b3fa2e2-6194-11e3-916e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2sqle7ptC|title=How a family feud threatened the legacy of a Crimean War leader|publisher=Financial Times|date=27 December 2013|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/162|title=Lord Fitzroy Somerset Raglan, 1st Baron lived here|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p10703.htm#i107021|title=FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan|publisher=The Peerage.com|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
31. ^{{cite web|title=The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062790/combined|website=imdb.com/|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=8 August 2014}}

Sources

  • {{cite book| last = Calthorpe| first = Somerset John Gough| title = Letters from Headquarters: Or, The Realities of the War in the Crimea, by an Officer on the Staff| publisher = John Murray| year = 1857| location = London| url = https://books.google.com/?id=okUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Letters+from+Headquarters+calthorpe#PPA132,M1| isbn = }}
  • {{cite book|last=Heathcote|first=Tony|title=The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997: A Biographical Dictionary |publisher= Leo Cooper|location=Barnsley|year= 1999|isbn= 0-85052-696-5}}
  • {{cite book|last=Hibbert|first= Christopher|title=The Destruction of Lord Raglan|publisher=Wordsworth Editions|year=1999|isbn=978-1840222098}}
  • {{cite book|last=Martin|first= Theodore |title=The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Volume III|url=https://archive.org/stream/martinsconsort03theorich/martinsconsort03theorich_djvu.txt|publisher= Smith Elder & Co, London |year=1877}}

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