AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Commander of British Troops in Crimea FIELD MARSHALL FITZROY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, responsible for the "Charge of the Light Brigade".

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June 28, 1854., 1854. Fine. - Over 75 words penned on three sides of 7 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide stationery with an attached leaf. A crest with the letter R beneath a crown is embossed in blue at the top for the first page. Field Marshal FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan writes to a "Mr. Fullom[?]" expressing his vexation that the recipient was unable to receive his pension "I cannot tell you how vexed I am that Lord Derby's Govt should have gone out, without having been able to bestow upon you the pension which you so richly deserved." He states that they should hope that the government will soon be restored so that "then your claims will receive their due." Signed "Raglan". Folded several times, else fine. The British Military Officer Field Marshall FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan (1788-1855) served in the Peninsular War and subsequently as Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign. He served as a Tory member of Parliament for Truro and then as Master-General of Ordnance. In 1854, he commanded the British troops sent to Crimea to defend Constantinople and to besiege the Russian port of Sevastopol. Though he was successful at the Battle of the Alma, his failure to clearly transmit orders resulted in the disastrous "Charge of the Light Brigade" during the Battle of Balaclava. Though he had success at the Battle of Inkerman, he suffered from dysentery and depression following his failure at the allied assault on Sevastopol and died within the month.…

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Commander of British Troops in Crimea FIELD MARSHALL FITZROY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, responsible for the "Charge of the Light Brigade".
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Somerset, Field Marshall FitzRoy James Henry, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855). British Army Officer, Commander of the British Troops in Crimea who served in the Peninsular War & Waterloo Campaign.
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June 28, 1854.
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