Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe, (23 January 1831 – 16 November 1912), was a British

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and

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. Calthorpe was the fourth son of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe and Lady Charlotte Somerset, daughter of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. He joined the

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in 1849, rising to Brevet major by 1855. During the

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he served as ADC"Lord Cardigan And Major Calthorpe". ''

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'' (London, England), 7 February 1857, p. 9; Issue 22598. to Lord Raglan. Lord Cardigan sued Calthorpe for his eyewitness account of the

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in his memoir ''Letters from Headquarters, Or Realities of the War in the Crimea'', but the action failed. He became

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in 1861, commanding the

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. He was the first

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of the

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, and was a JP both there and in his native

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. Two years before his own death, he succeeded his elder brother

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(1829–1910) as

Baron Calthorpe Baron Calthorpe, of Calthorpe in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet, who had previously represented Bramber in Parliament. Born Henry Gough, he had assum ...

in 1910. In 1862 he married Eliza Maria Chamier, only child of Captain Chamier RN and widow of Captain Frederick Crewe. They had two sons and two daughters, including: * Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe (1862–1940), who succeeded as 8th Baron Calthorpe *Admiral of the Fleet Honourable Sir

Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (23 December 1865 – 27 July 1937), sometimes known as Sir Somerset Calthorpe, was a Royal Navy officer and a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family. After serving as a junior officer durin ...

(1865–1937), a

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officer. *Honourable Leila Maud Gough-Calthorpe (b. 1866) *Honourable Mabel Gough-Calthorpe The

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at St John's Church in Oakfield on the Isle of Wight was built as a memorial to him in 1914.

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* * 1831 births 1912 deaths Gough-Calthorpe family 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers Councillors in the Isle of Wight Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath English justices of the peace 7 {{GB-baron-stub