Soldier and elder brother of Lord Raglan.
From Wikivividly : "... in 1815 they {the Life Guards} were part of The Household Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo under Major-General Lord Edward Somerset." And the Life Guards are part of the Household Cavalry, the mounted regiment of which was based at Knightsbrige Barracks, now Hyde Park Barracks, since 1795. All of which explains why we think the "Somerset" bust on display at the Hyde Park Barracks is this Lord Somerset.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lord Edward Somerset
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Flight BE548 crashed within 3 minutes of taking off from Heathrow. It came down in a field near Staines. 188 died.
The piazza, created in 1630 by Inigo Jones for Francis the 4th Earl of Bedford, attracted stalls and hawkers so in 1670 the 5th Earl decided to formalise and profit from the situation and obtained ...
The NG leaflet, referring to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, has "Unknown sitter" and this is supported by a caption on a photo of the...
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