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Emily Harriet Somerset, Lady Raglan (1792–1881) was a British aristocrat and political hostess. She was the wife of the English general Lord Raglan, best known for his command of British forces during the Crimean War.[1]
The daughter of William Wellesley-Pole and Katherine Forbes, she was of Anglo-Irish background on both sides. Her father was from a prominent Irish family who achieved great success during the reign of George III. Late in life her father inherited his elder brother Richard Wellesley|Richard's Irish title Earl of Mornington. Her uncle the Duke of Wellington was a military commander during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign and later served as Prime Minister.
In 1814 she married Fitzroy Somerset, then a colonel in the British Army. During the following year he lost an arm during the Battle of Waterloo.[2] He subsequently launched a political career as Tory Member of Parliament and after serving for decades under her uncle Wellington, he was given command of the British expeditionary force to Crimea. He died on 28 June 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol. She outlived her husband by twenty six years, dying on 6 March 1881.[3]