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SORELL, WILLIAM, eldest son of Major-Gen. William Alexander Sorell, and Jane ---; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 22 Sep 1773 (IGI); adm. 16 Jun 1783; Ensign, 31st Foot 18 Aug 1790; Lieut., 31 Aug 1793; Capt., 1 Sep 1795; Maj., 43rd Foot 11 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 17 Apr 1807; Maj., 4th Garrison Battn., 28 May 1807; half-pay, Hompesch’s Mounted Riflemen 1808; Maj., 46th Foot 12 Nov 1812; retd. 1813; Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Cape of Good Hope 1807; Lieutenant-Governor, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 3 Apr 1816 – 14 May 1824, when he was recalled, largely because of his living in adultery with a Mrs. Kent; m. (before 1807) Louisa Matilda, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. [Thomas ?] Cox; d. 4 Jun 1848.

SORELL, EDWARD, brother of William Sorell (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 6 Feb 1777 (IGI); adm. 16 Jun 1783; still at school 1789.

Sordina, John Baptist, son of Count Andrew Sordina, of St. Marylebone; b. Feb. 14, 1882; adm. April 23, 1896; left Dec. 1896; d. 29 Nov. 1956.

Soper, Alan Harford, son of William Soper, of Clapham, Surrey; b. June 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1904.

Sondheim, Harold, brother of Albert Sherriff (q.v.); b. May 6, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); left Dec. 1915.

Somper, Geoffrey Myles, son of Jack Davis Somper JP and Beatrice, d. of J. Littman; b. 28 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941, MA 1945; adm. a solicitor 1950; practised in London; Juvenile Court Magistrate 1955-62; m. 1st 4 Apr. 1956 Maureen Joanette, d. of David Eppel LRCPI; 2nd 1982 Dawn Angela Levitus; d. 20 Oct. 1990.

SOMMERS, GEORGE, son of John Sommers, and Mary ---; b. 5 Nov 1742; KS Eton 1752; at Eton Coll. 1752-4; subsequently at school under Markham (T. A. Walker, Admissions to Peterhouse, Camb. , 221); Peterhouse, Camb. , adm. pens. 17 Oct 1760, aged 18.

SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM EVERARD, brother of Walter Digby Somerville (qv); b. 3 Jul 1833; adm. 15 Jun 1846 (G); QS 1848; left 1852; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1852; BA 1856; ordained; missionary at Badulla, Ceylon; d. unm. 6 Sep 1868.