Fitzroy Somerset Biography and Timeline

Birth of FitzRoy Somerset

Birth of FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, eighth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort

Battle of Waterloo

Distinguises himself as the leader of the Household Cavalry brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, wounded in the right arm and had to undergo amputation, but he quickly learned to write with his left hand

Role range: 1800-1815

Secretary of Paris Embassy

Appointed Secretary to the embassy at Paris, 1st term

Secretary of Paris Embassy

Appointed Secretary to the embassy at Paris, 2nd term

Master of the General of the Ordnance

Appointed Secretary to the Duke of Wellington as Master General of the Ordnance, and from 1827 till the death of the Duke in 1852

Privy Council

Appointed Privy Counsellor

Peerage

Created Baron Raglan

Command Appointment

Receives command of the British expeditionary army.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Commander British Army

Commands the British expeditionary force cooperating with the French army in the eastern theatre.

Role range: 1853-1856

Capture of Piraeus

Anglo-French forces occupy Piraeus to prevent the Greek fleet from aiding Russia.

Role range: 1853-1856

Mobilization

Moves British troops to Varna before the Crimean landing.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Cholera

Sees disease weaken the Allied camp before the invasion of Crimea.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Mobilization

The Allied force departs to the Crimean Peninsula in a convoy of 150 warships.

Role range: 1853-1856

Invasion of Crimea

Lands British troops on the Crimean coast.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Mobilization

The Allied force lands at Old Fort on an open beach 30 miles North of Sevastopol.

Role range: 1853-1856

Battle of Alma

Helps win the first major Allied battle in Crimea.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Balaclava Base

Uses Balaclava as the British supply base.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Battle of Inkerman

Helps repel the Russian attack at Inkerman.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Crimean Winter

Faces supply collapse during the first Crimean winter.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Siege of Sevastopol

Commands British forces as the Allies renew their bombardment of Sevastopol in April.

Role range: 1853-1856

Great Redan

Orders the British assault on the Great Redan during the June attacks on Sevastopol.

Role range: 1853-1856

Great Redan

Orders an attack on the Great Redan that fails.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Death of Fitzroy Somerset

Dies during the siege after the failed June assaults.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Supply Reform

Benefits from improved supply arrangements after winter failures.

Role range: 1853-1856 – 1854-1855

Siege of Sevastopol

Raglan and his staff are 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.

Role range: 1853-1856