FitzRoy Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FitzRoy John Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan (8 November 1927 – 24 January 2010) was a British peer, the son of FitzRoy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan and the Hon. Julia Hamilton.[1] He married Alice Baily, daughter of Peter Baily, in 1973. He and Alice were divorced in 1981. They had no children.

Charity work

Raglan was the president of the equality charity Parity.[2]

He was the Patron of the Bugatti Owners' Club, owners and operators of the renowned Prescott Speed Hill Climb, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[3]

Death and will

The 5th Baron died in the early hours of 24 January 2010 at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire aged 82.[1]

The title passed to his younger brother, Geoffrey, 6th Baron Raglan, but he willed the family seat, Cefntilla Court, to a nephew, Henry van Moyland of Los Angeles, not to the baron or his heirs.[4]

References

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  1. a b BBC News – Lord Raglan dies in hospital near his Usk home
  2. Parity – Campaigning for equal rights for UK men and women
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  4. Walesonline, "The disinheritance of Lord Raglan's nephew and future title holder causes split in family", Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., 8 February 2011

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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