THE PRINCIPLE ELEMENTS OF LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S DRESS UNIFORM AS MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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THE PRINCIPLE ELEMENTS OF LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S DRESS UNIFORM AS MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising coatee of dark blue wool, with red collar and cuff facings each embroidered with gold bullion oak leaf ornament, two rows of seven gilt Board of Ordnance buttons arranged in pairs with three further buttons to each cuff facing, tails each with red turn-back, gold bullion embroidered false pocket flap and Staff Officer tail ornament, two further gilt Board of Ordnance buttons at the small of the back, and interior with quilted satin lining, the cuff of the right sleeve with loop to fasten to chest; epaulettes of 1830 Box Pattern each with Staff Officer crowned crossed sword and baton with later applied badge and button of a Master of Ordnance to the gold bullion strap, the base with a fire-gilt crescent, and gold fine twist wire tassels; and crimson sash retaining its Royal United Service Institute inventory label

Provenance

Lord FitzRoy Somerset, later 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855). The epaulettes deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, in 1895; the coatee and sash deposited between 1895 and 1908; all removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.

Literature

Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Leetham, Official Catalogue of the Royal United Service Museum, Whitehall, S.W., 3rd Edition, 1908, pp. 202 & 209, nos. 3048, 3272 and 3273; and subsequent editions.

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Lot Essay

The coatee and epaulettes pre-date Lord Raglan's appointment as Master-General of the Ordnance in 1852. Upon his promotion the buttons on the coatee and the buttons and badges on the epaulettes were changed to reflect his new rank.

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