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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.

SOMERVILLE, WALTER DIGBY, eldest son of Hon. and Rev. William Somerville, Rector of Barford, Warwicks., and Charlotte, dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv); b. 17 Dec 1831; adm. 6 Jan 1844 (G); QS 1846; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1850, adm. pens. 11 May 1850, scholar 1851, matr. 1850; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 6 Jun 1857; d. unm. in Paris 17 May 1865.

SOMERVILLE, REGINALD HUGH, brother of Walter Digby Somerville (qv); b. 16 Dec 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (G); QS 1850; left 1853; Ensign, 23rd Foot Oct 1854; Lieut., 12 Dec 1854; served in the Crimea; killed in assault before Sevastopol 8 Sep 1855.

SOMERVILLE, JAMES, 13TH BARON SOMERVILLE (S), eldest son of James Somerville, 12th Baron Somerville (S), and his first wife Anne, widow of Edward Rolt MP, Sacombe Park, Herts., and only dau. of Henry Bayntun MP, Spye Park, Chittoe, Wilts.; b. 22 Jun 1727; adm. Jun 1742 (Bainbrigg's); left Christmas 1743; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 9 Sep 1743; 2nd Lieut., Marines 31 Aug 1744; half-pay 25 Dec 1748; Capt., 2nd Dragoon Guards 26 Jan 1750/1; Maj., 31 Dec 1761; retd. 17 Aug 1763; served at battles of Preston Pans, Falkirk and Culloden; succ. father as 13th Baron Somerville (S) 14 Dec 1765; a Representative Peer for Scotland from 7 Aug 1793; d. unm. 19 Apr 1796.

Somerville, Angus Christopher, son of the Rev. William James Sommerville, Rector of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, by Alice, daughter of Henry Conyers, of Ben Rhydding, Yorks; b. Oct. 7, 1900; adm. from Chigwell School Jan. 15, 1914 (H); London Univ. and King's Coll. Hospital; L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S. 1923; house surgeon, King's Coll. Hospital; Asst. Med. Officer, Grove Hospital, Tooting. Surrey, Nov. 1924-7; clinical asst. Gt. Ormond St. Hospital; in practice at East Grinstead, Sussex; H.M. Coroner for East Sussex (Lewes Div.); m. Sept. 1, 1927, Joan Crawford, daughter of Henry Riley, of Kew, Surrey; d. 22 June 1981.

SOMERSET, RAGLAN GEORGE HENRY, brother of Granville Robert Henry Somerset (qv); b. 17 Dec 1831; adm. 19 Apr 1843 (G); QS 1845; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; Clerk, Audit Office 1853-4; Junior Clerk, Treasury Mar 1854 – Jul 1856, Third Class Clerk Jul 1856 - Apr 1857; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Victoria 19 Mar 1873 – Jan 1901; d. 2 Sep 1924.

SOMERSET, LORD WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 2 Sep 1784; at school under Vincent (name up School 1797); Cornet, 4th Dragoons 6 Nov 1801; Lieut., 10th Light Dragoons 17 Dec 1803; Capt., 13 Jun 1805; 4th West India Regt., 17 Mar 1808; retd. 1808; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; MA 1818; ordained; Vicar of Stoke Gifford, Gloucs., 3 Aug 1814-34; Rector of Llangattock, Breconshire 10 Aug 1814 (still 1826, held with R. Tormarton); Rector of Magor with Redwick, Monmouthshire 13 Dec 1821-6; Rector of Crickhowell, Breconshire 25 Oct 1823; Rector of Tormarton, Gloucs., 27 Apr 1826; Prebendary of Bristol from 17 Sep 1822; m. 1st, 29 Jun 1813 Elizabeth, elder dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart.; m. 2nd, 22 Sep 1844 Frances Westby, widow of Cornelius O’Callaghan, Ballynahinch, co. Clare, and dau. of Henry Brady, Raheen Manor, co. Clare; d. 14 Jan 1851.

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.

SOMERSET, LORD JOHN THOMAS HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Aug 1787; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 4 Aug 1804; Lieut., 14 Aug 1805; Capt., Apr 1806; 4th Garrison Battn., 15 Apr 1808; 23rd Light Dragoons 19 May 1808; 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1813; half-pay 1814; Brevet Maj., Jun 1815; Major Watteville’s Regt., 18 Jun 1815; half-pay 25 Jul 1816; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 16 Jul 1830; Brevet Col., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo, where he was ADC to Prince of Orange; m. 4 Dec 1814 Lady Catherine Annesley, third dau. of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris (I); d. 3 Oct 1846.