FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

The Right Honourable The Lord Raglan
Birth name	FitzRoy James Henry Somerset
Born	(1788-09-30)30 September 1788 Badminton, Gloucestershire, England
Died	28 June 1855(1855-06-28) (aged 66) Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian Empire
Buried	St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1804–1855
Rank	Field marshal
Commands held	Master-General of the Ordnance British troops in the Crimea
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Hundred Days Crimean War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph Bavaria Army Gold Medal Waterloo Medal Order of the Medjidie, First Class (Ottoman Empire)
Spouse(s)	Lady Emily Wellesley-Pole ​ ​ (m. 1814)​
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Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. When a junior officer, he served in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, 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: his primary objective was to defend Constantinople, and he was also ordered to besiege the Russian port of Sevastopol. After an early success at the Battle of the 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 poorly coordinated allied assault on Sevastopol in June 1855 was a complete failure. Raglan died later that month, after having dysentery and depression.