George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan,, styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British Army officer. He was one of three men, along with Captain Nolan and Lord Raglan, responsible for the fateful order during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 that led to the Light Brigade commander, the Earl of Cardigan, leading the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was subsequently promoted to field marshal.
George, Lord Bingham, at age 14, painted by his sister Elizabeth Harcourt
The Charge of the Light Brigade: it was Lucan who gave the order to Cardigan to lead the charge.
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan,, known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. When a junior officer, he served in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, latterly as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He also took part in politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Truro, before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance.
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, by William Haines
FitzRoy Somerset by William Salter, 1838–1840
Blue plaque at Stanhope Gate, London