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Southwell, Edward, 1767-1832
GB-2014-WSA-16048 · Person · 1767-1832

SOUTHWELL, EDWARD, 21st BARON DE CLIFFORD, elder son of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 23 Jun 1767; adm. 2 Jun 1774; left Whitsun 1775; succ. father as 21st Baron De Clifford 1 Nov 1777; readm. 16 Apr 1779; took seat, House of Lords 20 Apr 1789; m. 19 Feb 1789 Lady Mary Elizabeth Bourke, second dau. of Most Rev. Joseph Bourke DD, 3rd Earl of Mayo, Archbishop of Tuam; d. 30 Sep 1832.

Southwell, Edward, 1738-1777
GB-2014-WSA-16047 · Person · 1738-1777

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, Edward, 1705-1755
GB-2014-WSA-16046 · Person · 1705-1755

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. ).

Southey, William, 1824-1871
GB-2014-WSA-16044 · Person · 1824-1871

SOUTHEY, WILLIAM, son of Henry Herbert Southey MD FRCP FRS, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London, Physician in Ordinary to George IV, and his first wife Louisa Gonne (IGI) [perhaps dau. of William Gonne, Lisbon, Portugal (IGI)]; nephew of Robert Southey (qv); b. 16 Nov 1824; adm. 24 Jan 1837 (Scott's); Cadet, EICS Madras 1840; arrived in India 5 Jun 1841; Ensign, 47th Native Infantry 22 Dec 1840; 48th Native Infantry 23 Jun 1841; Lieut., 24 Jan 1845; Capt., 28 Nov 1854; Maj., Indian Staff Corps 18 Feb 1861; Lieut. -Col., 22 Dec 1866; m. 18 Nov 1845 Mary Magdalene, sister of Edward Kent Strathearn Stewart (qv); d. during passage home on SS Candia 13 Dec 1871.

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
GB-2014-WSA-00017 · Person · 1774-1843

SOUTHEY, ROBERT, son of Robert Southey, Bristol, linen draper, and Margaret, dau. of Edward Hill, Bedminster, Somerset, attorney; b. 12 Aug 1774; adm. 2 Apr 1788 (Ottley); Min. Can. 1789; an elegy written by him on his sister’s death was refused for publication by the editors of The Trifler; he, Grosvenor Charles Bedford (qv), and Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv) founded The Flagellant, which appeared for the first time 1 Mar 1792, but he was expelled from the School for writing the article against excessive flogging in the fifth number, dated 29 Mar 1792; refused admittance to Christ Church, Oxford, and went to Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1792, where he resided for a year and a half, making the acquaintance of S. T. Coleridge; author, Joan of Arc 1796; adm. Gray’s Inn 7 Feb 1797; author, Thalaba 1801; settled at Keswick, Cumberland 1803; author, Madoc 1805, The Curse of Kahama, 1810; Poet Laureate from 12 Aug 1813; author, Life of Nelson 1813, Life of Wesley 1820; MP Downton 1826 – Dec 1826, when unseated for not possessing a sufficient property qualification; during his career his political and religious opinions altered, the republican becoming a Tory and the independent thinker a champion of the established church; author of a large number of books, including the standard edition of William Cowper’s (qv) Works in 15 vols, 1833-7; contributed 95 articles to the Quarterly Review; m. 1st, 14 Nov 1795 Edith, dau. of Stephen Fricker, Westbury, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1839 Caroline Anne, poetess, dau. of Capt. Charles Bowles, EICS Bengal, Buckland Cottage, Lymington, Hampshire; d. 21 Mar 1843. Monument in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Southey, Reginald, 1835-1899
GB-2014-WSA-16043 · Person · 1835-1899

SOUTHEY, REGINALD, brother of Arthur Southey (qv); b. 15 Sep 1835; adm. 4 Feb 1848 (G); left 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1853; 1st cl. Natural Science 1857; BA 1857; MA 1860; MB 1861; MD 1866; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1860; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCP 1860; FRCP 1866; Physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital 1870; a Commissioner in Lunacy 5 Jul 1883 – 28 Oct 1898; m. 28 Jan 1864 Frances Marian, dau. of Rev. Watson Joseph Thornton, Rector of Llanwarne, Herefs., and Prebendary of Hereford; d. 8 Nov 1899.

GB-2014-WSA-16042 · Person · 1868-?

SOUTHEY, HERBERT WATSON, second son of Reginald Southey (qv); b. 14 Jan 1868; adm. 31 Oct 1882 (J); left Jul 1884; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP 1895; medical practitioner, Maidstone, Kent.

GB-2014-WSA-16041 · Person · 1873-1952

Southey, Bryan Inglis, son of Reginald Southey (q.v.); b. April 28, 1873; adm. April 1884 (G); left July 1889; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 26, 1895; South-Eastern Circuit; served in Great War I; Major R.E. Aug. 1, 1916; d. in Paris Dec. 15, 1952.