Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset,1st Baron Raglan,,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.
Duke of Northumberland is a noble title that has been created three times in English and British history,twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The current holder of this title is Ralph Percy,12th Duke of Northumberland.
Duke of Montrose is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created anew in 1707,for James Graham,4th Marquess of Montrose,great-grandson of famed James Graham,1st Marquess of Montrose. Montrose was elevated as a reward for his important support of the Act of Union. It has remained since then in the Graham family,tied to the chieftainship of Clan Graham.
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,6th Baron Carrington,Baron Carington of Upton,,was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974,Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982,Chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984,and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government,he played a major role in negotiating the Lancaster House Agreement that ended the conflict in Rhodesia and enabled the creation of Zimbabwe.
Earl of Norbury,in the County of Tipperary,is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1827,along with the title Viscount Glandine,of Glandine in the King's County,for the Irish politician and judge John Toler,1st Baron Norbury,upon his retirement as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland. The titles were created with special remainder to his second son,Hector,as his eldest son,Daniel,was then considered mentally unwell. Lord Norbury had already been created Baron Norbury,of Ballycrenode in the County of Tipperary,in the Peerage of Ireland in 1800,with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Moreover,his wife,Grace Toler,had been created Baroness Norwood,of Knockalton in the County of Tipperary,in the Peerage of Ireland in 1797,with remainder to the heirs male of her body. By the time Lord Norbury was raised to the Earldom,his wife had died and their eldest son had succeeded her as 2nd Baron Norwood. This son also succeeded Lord Norbury himself on his death in 1831 as 2nd Baron Norbury,whilst his younger brother Daniel succeeded to the viscountcy and earldom according to the special remainder. In 1832,the second Earl also succeeded his elder brother in the two baronies. He had already in 1825 assumed the additional surname of Graham by Royal licence.
Baron Raglan,of Raglan in the County of Monmouth,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 October 1852 for the military commander Lord FitzRoy Somerset,chiefly remembered as commander of the British troops during the Crimean War.
Edward AdolphusSt. Maur,12th Duke of Somerset,,styled Lord Seymour until 1855,was a British Whig aristocrat and politician,who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century,including that of First Lord of the Admiralty.
James Graham,4th Duke of Montrose,KT,PC,styled Marquess of Graham until 1836,of Buchanan Castle in Stirlingshire and 45 Belgrave Square in London,was a British Conservative politician.
James Angus Graham,7th Duke of Montrose ID,styled Earl of Kincardine until 1925 and Marquess of Graham between 1925 and 1954,was a Scottish-born Rhodesian politician,farmer and aristocrat. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Rhodesian government of Ian Smith,and in 1965 was a signatory to Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was a Scottish soldier and the 17th Chief of Clan Cameron. He fought as a Cavalier during the Civil War and was one the principal Jacobite leaders during the 1689 Rising. He is regarded as one of the most formidable Scottish clan chiefs of all time. Lord Macaulay praised him as the "Ulysses of the Highlands" and further wrote,"Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was in personal qualities unrivalled among the Celtic Princes. He was a gracious master,a trusty ally,a terrible enemy." An incident demonstrating Lochiel's strength and ferocity in single combat,when he bit out the throat of an enemy,is used by Sir Walter Scott in Lady of the Lake.
Robert Temple Armstrong,Baron Armstrong of Ilminster,was a British civil servant and life peer.
Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham,5th Duke of Montrose,,styled Marquess of Graham until 1874,was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1916 to 1917.
Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel,was a British Army officer of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders,who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War,and the 25th Lochiel of Clan Cameron.
Donald Mackay,1st Lord Reay,14th of Strathnaver was a Scottish soldier and member of Parliament. He played a prominent role in the Thirty Years' War,raising a regiment of 3,000 men,which served in both the Danish and Swedish forces. He was later an unwilling Covenanter. He was the fourteenth chief of Clan Mackay,a Highland Scottish clan.
Dillington House is a residential adult education college near Ilminster in the parish of Whitelackington,Somerset,England. The present house,which dates from the 16th century,is owned by Lord Cameron of Dillington and operated by Somerset County Council. There has been a house on the site since before the Norman Conquest,probably taking advantage of the nearby chalybeate spring.
Relatives of the former UK Prime Minister and current Foreign Secretary,Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton,feature throughout the law,politics and finance as well as being connected with the British aristocracy.
Geoffrey Somerset,6th Baron Raglan,is a British peer,businessman,and Conservative politician.
Major Allan John Cameron MBE was a Scottish soldier and curler. Cameron served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during the Second World War,rising to the rank of Major. He helped to found the International Curling Federation,the predecessor to the World Curling Federation,and served as its president from 1966 to 1969.
Colonel Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel,was a British Army officer,chartered accountant,landowner and the 26th Lochiel of Clan Cameron in the Scottish Highlands. He served as commanding officer of the Lovat Scouts throughout the Second World War. He succeeded his father as Chief of the Camerons in 1951 and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness.
Violet Hermione Graham,Duchess of Montrose GBE was a British philanthropist and anti-suffragist. Graham served as president of the Scottish branch of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. Her husband was Douglas Graham,5th Duke of Montrose.
