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SOMERS-COCKS, JOHN SOMERS, 2ND EARL SOMERS, second son of John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (qv); b. 19 Mar 1788; in school lists 1797; left Whitsun 1799; Cornet, 16th Light Dragoons 27 Aug 1803; Lieut., 20 Jun 1805; Capt., 3 Dec 1806; 2nd Dragoon Guards 9 Jul 1807; retd. 1812; MP Reigate 1812-8, Hereford 1818-32, Reigate 1832 – 5 Jan 1841; succ. father as 2nd Earl Somers 5 Jan 1841; took Conservative whip both in Commons and in Lords; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, from 6 Aug 1845; m. 4 Mar 1815 Lady Caroline Harriet Yorke, fourth dau. of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG PC; d. 5 Oct 1852.

Somers-Cocks, John Sebastian, son of Philip Alphonso Somers-Cocks CMG, British Consul­ General Naples, and Gwenllian Blanche, d. of David Williams of Hirwaun, Glam.; b. 6 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1920 and went to Ampleforth Sch.; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; Leming Travelling Fellowship Queen's Coll. Oxf. 1930; HM Diplomatic Service 1930, served Baghdad, Budapest, Helsinki and Tehran; 1st sec. HM Legation to the Holy See 1947; HM Consul-General Munich 1954-9, Naples 1959; CBE 1959, CVO 1961; m. 27 Dec. 1946 Marjorie Olive, d. of Arthur Julius Weller, Chief lnspector of Schools, Malaya; d. 25 May 1964.

SOMERS-COCKS, HON. JOHN JAMES THOMAS, youngest son of Hon. Philip James Cocks, and Frances, dau. of Arthur Herbert, Brusterfield, co. Kerry; b. 18 Aug 1820; adm. 1 Feb 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1835; rowed v. Eton 4 May 1837; left 1839; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1839; President, Oxford Univ. Boat Club 1840; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1840, 1841; stroke of Oxford OW eight which was beaten at Henley 1840; BA 1843; ordained; Rector of Sheriocke, Cornwall 1845-56; received into Roman Catholic Church 1856; raised to rank of a baron’s son 1888; m. 15 Apr 1858 Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Simpson, Rector of Horsted, Sussex; d. 21 Sep 1906.

SOLME, RICHARD; son of George Solme, Hornchurch, Essex, and Yateley, Hampshire; b. ; adm. ; KS 1610 (as Richard Soam); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1613, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1613/4 (as Richard Some) – still 1616; adm. Middle Temple 13 Nov 1616, called to bar 27 May 1625, Bencher 24 Nov 1648; m. ; buried Yateley, Hampshire 12 Sep 1657, aged 60.

SOLLY, RICHARD HEATON, only son of Richard Solly, Sandwich, Kent, and Mary Heaton, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey; bapt. St. Peter’s, Sandwich, Kent 27 Aug 1746 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1761; KS 1762; of St. Margaret at Cliffe, Kent; contested Dover at parliamentary by-election 27 Jul 1797; d. 12 Oct 1816.

SOLLY, HENRY ERNEST, youngest son of Samuel Solly FRCS FRS, St. Helen’s Place, Bishopsgate, London, Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital, and Jane, dau. of Rev. Joseph Barrett; b. 16 Mar 1853; adm. 2 Jul 1867; Min. Can. 1868; left Aug 1870; [apparently contractor, living Chigwell, Essex (1881 Census); clerk, living Chislehurst, Kent (1901 Census)]; m. 18 Jul 1878 Margaret Isabella, dau. of John Gregory Crace, Dulwich, Surrey, head of decorating firm; d. 29 Jul 1920.

SOLEY, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1716; in under school list 1718. [Perhaps bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 4 Jul 1703, son of Edward Soley and Martha (Bagnall ?) (IGI)].

SOLEY, ARTHUR; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1639. [perhaps Arthur Salwey, son of Humphrey Salwey; b. Orleton, Worcs. ; perhaps Arthur Soley, son of Humphrey Soley, and Jane ---, bapt. Eastham, Worcs. 17 Dec 1622; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. sizar Easter 1640, aged 16; migr. to Trinity Coll. Oxford, BA 11 Dec 1643 (as Soley)]