Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe

Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe ,[1] KCB (23 January 1831- 16 November 1912)[2] was a British soldier and politician. [3]

Calthorpe was the fourth son of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe[4] and Lady Charlotte, daughter of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. He joined the 8th Hussars in 1849, rising to Brevet major by 1855. During the Crimean War he served as ADC[5] to Lord Raglan.[6] He became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1861, commanding the 5th Dragoon Guards. In 1862 he married Eliza Maria,[7] only child of Captain Chamier, RN and widow of Captain Frederick Crewe: they had two sons and two daughters. He was the first chairman of the Isle of Wight County Council; and was a JP both there and in his native Midlands.

References

  1. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives
  2. ↑ Obituary: Lord Calthorpe The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 18, 1912; pg. 9; Issue 40059
  3. ↑ ‘CALTHORPE’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Dec 2007 accessed 25 Feb 2014
  4. ↑ Cracrofts
  5. ↑ Lord Cardigan And Major Calthorpe. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 07, 1857; pg. 9; Issue 22598
  6. ↑ "Letters from Headquarters, Or Realities of the War in the Crimea" Gough-Calthorpe,S LOndon, Murray, 1857
  7. ↑ thePeerage.com
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Augustus Gough-Calthorpe		 Baron Calthorpe
1910–1912 		Succeeded by
Somerset Gough-Calthorpe


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