Editing FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (section)

==Military career==
Promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 1 June 1805,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15811|page=718|date=28 May 1805}}</ref> Somerset accompanied [[Arthur Paget (diplomat)|Sir Arthur Paget]] on his visit to [[Selim III|Sultan Selim III]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], who had been aligning himself too closely with France, in 1807.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26007?docPos=1|title=FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26007 |access-date=9 February 2014|last1=Lloyd |first1=E. M. |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Sweetman }}</ref> He became a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot|43rd Regiment of Foot]] on 5 May 1808 shortly before his appointment as [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Sir Arthur Wellesley]] in July 1808.<ref name=heath267/> Somerset accompanied Wellesley's Army when it was sent to [[Portugal]] later that month.<ref name=heath267/> Somerset fought at the [[Second Battle of Porto]] in May 1809, the [[Battle of Talavera]] in July 1809 and the [[Battle of Bussaco]] (where he was wounded) in September 1810.<ref name=heath267/> He was appointed acting military secretary to Wellington in November 1810 and fought with him at the [[Battle of Pombal]] in March 1811, the [[Battle of Sabugal]] in April 1811 and the [[Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro]] in May 1811.<ref name=heath267/> Promoted to [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Major (rank)|major]] on 9 June 1811, he also took part in the [[Battle of El Bodón]] in September 1811.<ref name=heath267/> He specially distinguished himself at the [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|storming of Badajoz]] in March 1812 by being the first to mount the breach and by helping to secure the surrender of the French Governor and was duly promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] on 27 April 1812.<ref name=odnb/>

[[File:FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, later 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855), by William Henry Haines (1812-1884).jpg|thumb|left|upright|FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, by William Haines]]

Somerset went on to fight with Wellington at the [[Battle of Salamanca]] in July 1812, the [[Siege of Burgos]] in September 1812 and the [[Battle of Vitoria]] in June 1813 as well as the [[Siege of San Sebastián]] in July 1813, the [[Battle of the Pyrenees]] in July 1813 and the [[Battle of Nivelle]] in November 1813.<ref name=heath267/> They also fought together at the [[Battle of the Nive]] in December 1813, the [[Battle of Orthez]] in February 1814 and the [[Battle of Toulouse (1814)|Battle of Toulouse]] in April 1814.<ref name=heath267/> Following Wellington's appointment as [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France|British Ambassador]] during the short period of [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] restoration, Somerset assumed a role as his secretary at the Embassy on 5 July 1814.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16914|page=1371|date= 5 July 1814}}</ref> Somerset transferred to the [[Grenadier Guards|1st Guards]] on 25 July 1814 and was appointed a [[Order of the Bath|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] on 2 January 1815.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16972|page=20|date=4 January 1815}}</ref>

Somerset also saw action during the [[Hundred Days]]: he served on Wellington's staff at the [[Battle of Quatre Bras]] on 16 June 1815 and at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] two days later where he had to have his right arm [[amputation|amputated]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17028|page=1216|date=22 June 1815}}</ref> (and then demanded his arm back so he could retrieve the ring that his wife had given him).<ref name=heath268>Heathcote, p. 268</ref> Faced with the difficulties in dressing following the amputation, he invented the so-called [[Raglan sleeve]], sewn from the collar rather than the shoulder.<ref>{{cite web| title= Cardigan | url= http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-car5.htm | publisher= [[World Wide Words]] | first= Michael|last= Quinion| author-link= Michael Quinion| access-date= 2013-01-13| quote=  Another item whose name appeared at the time was the raglan, a type of overcoat named after Lord Raglan, a British general in the Crimea. The garment was unusual in that the sleeves continued in one piece up to the neck, producing a larger, looser armhole that suited the one-armed general.}}</ref>

Promoted to [[colonel]] and appointed an [[aide-de-camp]] to the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince Regent]] on 28 August 1815,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17057|page=1787|date=2 September 1815}}</ref> he was appointed a Knight of the [[Bavaria]]n [[Military Order of Max Joseph]] on 3 October 1815.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17067|page=2025|date=3 October 1815}}</ref> He remained with the [[Army of Occupation (France)|Army of Occupation in France]] until May 1816 when he returned to the post of secretary at the British Embassy in [[Paris]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17137|page=931|date=18 May 1816}}</ref>

Somerset was elected [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]] in 1818<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17384|page=1377|date=1 August 1818}}</ref> and became Wellington's secretary in the latter's new capacity as [[Master-General of the Ordnance]] in 1819.<ref name=heath268/> Somerset lost his seat at the [[1820 United Kingdom general election|general election]] in 1820 but, having been promoted to [[major-general]] on 27 May 1825,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18141|page=926|date=28 May 1825}}</ref> regained his seat in Parliament in 1826.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18269|page=1787|date=18 July 1826}}</ref> Following Wellington's appointment as [[Commander-in-Chief of the Forces]] in January 1827 Somerset became [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]] in August 1827.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18391|page=1827|date=28 August 1827}}</ref> He stood down from Parliament in 1829 and was promoted to [[lieutenant-general]] on 28 June 1838.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=19631|page=1489|date=3 July 1838}}</ref> Advanced to [[Order of the Bath|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] on 24 September 1852, he became Master-General of the Ordnance on 30 September 1852<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21363|page=2591|date=1 October 1852}}</ref> and was raised to the [[peerage]] as '''Baron Raglan''' of [[Raglan, Monmouthshire|Raglan]] in the County of [[Monmouthshire]] on 11 October 1852.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21366|page=2663|date=12 October 1852}}</ref>