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SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (commonly known as LORD EDWARD SOMERSET), son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 19 Dec 1776; at school under Vincent (name up School 1789); Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 4 Feb 1793; Lieut., 4 Dec 1793; Capt., 28 Aug 1794; Maj., 12th Light Dragoons 21 Nov 1799; Lieut. -Col., 5th Foot 25 Dec 1800; 4th Dragoons 3 Sep 1801; Brevet Col. and ADC to King 25 Jul 1810; Major-Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Col., 17th Light Dragoons 9 Sep 1822 – Nov 1829; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 1st Royal Dragoons 23 Nov 1829 - Mar 1836, 4th Dragoons from 31 Mar 1836; Gen., 23 Nov 1841; served in expedition to Netherlands 1799, in Peninsular War 1809-14 and at battle of Waterloo, where he commanded the Household Cavalry Brigade; commanded First Brigade of Cavalry, Army of Occupation in France 1816-8; MP Monmouth 27 Mar 1799-1802, Gloucestershire 14 Nov 1803-31, Cirencester 6 Aug 1834-7; Lieut. -Gen. of Ordnance 8 Jul 1829 – Nov 1830; Surveyor-Gen. of Ordnance 30 Dec 1834 – May 1835; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 17 Oct 1834; m. 17 Oct 1805 Hon. Louisa Augusta Courtenay, youngest dau. of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (qv); d. 1 Sep 1842. DNB.

SOUTHWELL, EDWARD, son of Right Hon. Edward Southwell PC (I), Secretary of the Council for Ireland, and his first wife Lady Elizabeth Cromwell, only dau. of Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass (I); b. 17 Jun 1705; in under school lists 1715, 1716; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Mar 1720/1; DCL 11 Jun 1733; Grand Tour (Italy) 1725-6; Clerk of the Crown and Prothonotary of the King’s Bench (I) 1715-7; Joint Secretary of the Council (I) 1720-30, Secretary from 1730; MP (I) Downpatrick from 1727; MP Bristol 12 Dec 1739-54; of Kings Weston, Gloucs.; m. 21 Aug 1729 Catherine, dau. of Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes MP; d. 16 Mar 1755 (M. I. Henbury, Gloucs. ).

SOUTHWELL, EDWARD, 20TH BARON DE CLIFFORD, only son of Edward Southwell (qv); b. 6 Jun 1738; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Lloyd's); in school list 1751; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. 23 Oct 1754, matr. Mich. 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-60; MP Bridgewater 1761 – Nov 1763 Gloucestershire 23 Nov 1763 – Apr 1776; took seat House of Lords as 20th Baron de Clifford 24 Apr 1776, abeyance of Barony of De Clifford having been terminated in his favour; of Kings Weston, Gloucs.; m. 29 Aug 1765 Sophia (afterwards Governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales), third dau. of Samuel Campbell, Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim, Ireland; d. at Avignon, France 1 Nov 1777 (M. I. Henbury, Gloucs. ).

SOUTHWELL, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1734; left 1738. [Note Hon. Thomas Southwell, Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 1 May 1738, retd. Nov 1741] [Identified by Whitmore as Thomas George Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell (I), son of Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell (I) PC (I) FRS, and Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Coke, Melbourne, Derbs.; b. 4 May 1721; MP (I) Enniscorthy 1747-60, Co. Limerick 1761- Nov 1766; Governor, Limerick Castle 1750; Governor, co. Limerick; succ. father as 3rd Baron Southwell (I) 19/20 Nov 1766; cr. Viscount Southwell (I) 18 Jul 1776; m. 18 Jun 1741 Margaret, dau. of Arthur Cecil-Hamilton, Castle Hamilton, co. Cavan; d. 1780]

SPENCER, CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, second son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and Lady Anne Digby, youngest dau. of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol; b. 1674; at school under Busby (HMC Report, xii, Appendix v, 190); MP Tiverton 1695- 28 Sep 1702; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Sunderland 28 Sep 1702; an active Whig politician; one of the Whig junto; LLD Cambridge 17 Apr 1705; Envoy Extraordinary to Vienna Jun – Dec 1705; a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland 10 Apr 1706; Privy Councillor 3 Dec 1706; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 3 Dec 1706 – 14 Jun 1710, when dismissed by Queen Anne at the persuasion of Harley and the High Church Tories; in constant communication with the Elector of Hannover during the latter years of Anne’s reign, but excluded from the list of Lord Justices at her death; a favourite at Court after the accession of George I; Lord Lieut., Ireland 22 Sep 1714 – Aug 1715, but did not go over to Ireland; Lord Privy Seal 28 Aug 1715 – Apr 1717; Vice-Treasurer, Ireland, for life, from 6 Jul 1716; intrigued against Walpole and Townshend; Secretary of State, Northern Dept., 15 Apr 1717 – Mar 1718; Lord President of the Council 16 Mar 1718 – 6 Feb 1719; First Lord of the Treasury 20 Mar 1718 – 1 Apr 1721; Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 7 Feb 1719; KG 21 Nov 1719; a bill introduced by his government in 1719 to limit the royal prerogative to create peers was defeated in the House of Commons; carried through the scheme for paying off part of the National Debt by means of the South Sea Company 1720, in spite of Walpole’s opposition; forced to resign as First Lord of the Treasury in Apr 1721 owing to the general feeling that he was responsible for this scheme’s fiasco, but retained his Household post and continued to exercise great influence with George I; a celebrated book collector who formed the Sunderland Library, inherited by the Dukes of Marlborough; m. 1st, 12 Jan 1694/5 Lady Arabella Cavendish, fifth dau. of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle; m. 2nd, Jan 1699/1700 Lady Anne Churchill, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne, second dau. of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough KG, Captain-Gen. of the Forces; m. 3rd, 5 Dec 1717 Judith, dau. of Benjamin Tichborne, Tichborne, Hampshire; d. 19 Apr 1722. DNB.

ST. AUBYN, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Wingfield, Washington, co. Durham; b. 17 May 1758; succ. father as 5th baronet 12 Oct 1772; adm. 19 Jan 1773; Grand Tour; High Sheriff, Cornwall 1781; MP Truro 6 Feb 1784-84, Penryn 1784-90, Helston 1807-12; Provincial Grand Master of Freemason, Cornwall, from 1785; partner, St. Aubyn & Co., bankers, Devonport, Devon c. 1790 – c. 1810; FRS 18 May 1797; FSA 1783 [check]; collector of minerals, fossils and Old Master engravings; m. 1 Jul 1822 Juliana Vinicombe; d. 10 Aug 1839. DNB.

ST. LEGER, ARTHUR MOHUN, 3RD VISCOUNT DONERAILE (I), only son of Arthur St. Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (I), and his first wife Mary, only dau. of Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun; b. 7 Aug 1718; adm. Jan 1729/30; recited verses at Westminster Meeting 28 Jan 1730/1; succ. father as 3rd Viscount Doneraile (I) 13 Mar 1733/4; left 1734; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1734; MP Winchelsea 1741-7, Old Sarum from 17 Aug 1747; Lord of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales from Apr 1747, also Comptroller of Prince of Wales’s Household Apr – Nov 1747; m. 1st, 3 Apr 1738 Mary, dau. of Anthony Sheppard, Newcastle, co. Longford; m. 2nd, 3 Jan 1739 Hon. Catherine Skeffington, eldest dau. of Clotworthy Skeffington, 4th Viscount Massereene (I); d. 20 Aug 1750.

ST. LEGER, JOHN, eldest son of Sir John St. Leger (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Apr 1726; adm. Jun 1737; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1743; Grand Tour (Italy) c. 1747-9; MP (I) (check); of Grangemellon, co. Kildare; m. 23 Jul 1754 Mary, only dau. of Col. Hon. Thomas Butler MP (I), Governor of Limerick; d. 24 Mar 1769.

ST. LEGER, SIR JOHN, second son of John St. Leger, Doneraile, co. Cork, and his first wife Lady Mary Dorcas Chichester, only dau. of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegal (I); b.; at school under Busby (Lodge, Peerage of Ireland, vi, 119); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1692, aged 18; knighted 18 Jun 1701; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1707, gave up chambers 1717; MP (I) Doneraile 1713-4; Baron of the Exchequer (I) 18 Jan 1714-42; of Grangemellon, co. Kildare; m. 1st, Mary, widow of --- Fraser, dau. of James Ware, Meggstown, co. Dublin; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1722/3 Levina, dau. of Kingsmill Pennefather MP (I), Newpark, co. Tipperary; d. 14 May 1743.