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Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1852 for the military commander Lord FitzRoy Somerset, chiefly remembered as commander of the British troops during the Crimean War. Somerset was the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (see the Duke of Beaufort for earlier history of the family). His second son, the second Baron, served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1866 to 1868 in the Conservative administrations of the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. He held office as Under-Secretary of State for War between 1900 and 1902 in the Conservative government of Lord Salisbury. His eldest son, the fourth Baron, was a soldier and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's second but eldest surviving son, the fifth Baron. As a descendant of the fifth Duke of Beaufort he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles. Like their Beaufort relatives, the Barons of Ragland can boast an unbroken line of male descent from Henry II and the earliest Plantagenets. The family seat is Cefntilla Court near Usk in Monmouthshire.
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