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Heraldry Commemorating the First Lord Raglan

Heraldry Commemorating the First Lord Raglan

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1858

Four-light window with heraldry and texts.

size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Mark Bowden & Co.

Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire
north wall of the north chapel

Given by sergeants and officers in memory of FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, the first Lord Raglan (1788-1855). Texts in the window recall the places where he served in the army.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 11-02-2025

 


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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 110-11.

References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 489.


 

User contributed comments

From the Monmouthsire Merlin, 6 Feb 1858

The stained glass window is of superb workmanship, and has been prepared by Messrs. Bowden, of Bristol. It contains the following inscriptions in four partitions: Served in Denmark, 1807,' 'Somerset,'Raglan,' Crimea.' Peninsula, Furutes Don of Badajoz, Vittoria, Nenevelles Orthes,' Court of Arms, Mutare vel timere spirno,' Court of Arms, Mutare vel timere sperno,' 'Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sebastopol.'... Show full comment


Submitted by: Nigel Callaghan (2025-02-06 17:30:27)


Click to show suggested citation for this record
Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2025.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4093 (accessed 22 February 2025)

 

Heraldry Commemorating the First Lord Raglan

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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