Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
East and West Africa Medal, one clasp 1897-98 (Capt. Hon: R. Somerset. Gren. Gds:)
Lot 240

East and West Africa Medal, one clasp 1897-98 (Capt. Hon: R. Somerset. Gren. Gds:)

Closed23 May 2014

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East and West Africa Medal, one clasp 1897-98 (Capt. Hon: R. Somerset. Gren. Gds:)
Lieutenant 1886, Captain 1898.
both nearly extremely fine and very rare

Capt. the Hon. Richard FitzRoy Somerset (1866-1899), the fifth son of Richard, 2nd Baron Raglan.
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, between 1895 and 1908; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.

Specialist note

The Hon. Richard FitzRoy Somerset (1866-1899) was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 18 August 1886. His diaries for 5 February 1898-19 February 1899, whilst he was Adjutant of the 2nd. Battalion West African Frontier Force, were published. He died on 2 March 1899.
(See lot 234 for his sword)