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Details
A glazed memorial locket
Containing a lock of hair with handwritten note attached: Hair of the Duke of Wellington given by Him to Lady Fitz. Somerset 1837; together with a BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 1679, inside page inscribed: 'Lord FitzRoy Somerset, Charlotte E. Somerset March 6th 1840, given to her by her dear Father' (cover detached); an envelope containing three locks of hair, envelope inscribed 'Lord FitzRoy Somerset, great grandfathers hair when he was a lad'; four further envelopes containing locks of Lord Raglan's hair; and an envelope containing dried flowers, inscribed 'Heather from the Crimea given to me by the Duc de Malakoff on Tuesday July the 6th 1858'
Containing a lock of hair with handwritten note attached: Hair of the Duke of Wellington given by Him to Lady Fitz. Somerset 1837; together with a BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 1679, inside page inscribed: 'Lord FitzRoy Somerset, Charlotte E. Somerset March 6th 1840, given to her by her dear Father' (cover detached); an envelope containing three locks of hair, envelope inscribed 'Lord FitzRoy Somerset, great grandfathers hair when he was a lad'; four further envelopes containing locks of Lord Raglan's hair; and an envelope containing dried flowers, inscribed 'Heather from the Crimea given to me by the Duc de Malakoff on Tuesday July the 6th 1858'
Provenance
The locket: Lady FitzRoy Somerset, the hair in which was given to her by the Duke of Wellington in 1837; mentioned in Charlotte Somerset’s will (dated 2 June 1899).
The envelope of heather: given to Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-84), by Marshal Pélissier, 1st duc de Malakoff (1794-1864).
The envelope of heather: given to Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-84), by Marshal Pélissier, 1st duc de Malakoff (1794-1864).
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