SOMERSET, GRANVILLE ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Right Hon. Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC MP, and Hon. Emily Smith, dau. of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, banker; grandson of Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 7 Jan 1824; adm. 15 Jun 1835 (G); QS 1836; Capt. of the School 1840; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1841, matr. 26 May 1841, Westminster Student; BA 1845; BCL 1848; DCL 1853; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1845-57; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 31 Jan 1851, Bencher 1869; Oxford Circuit; QC 4 Dec 1868; Recorder of Gloucester from 1877; Busby Trustee 17 May 1870; Governor of the School from 2 Feb 1881; m. 18 Aug 1857 Emma Philadelphia, second dau. of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., CB MP; d. 23 Mar 1881.
Somerset, Geoffrey Francis Albert, son of William Ralph Somerset MB, of Wolverhampton, and Elsie Maud, d. of Albert Iles of Fairford, Gloucs.; b. 10 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; Univ. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1939; 2nd Lieut. Staffordshire Yeomanry (TA) June 1933, Lieut. June 1936; transf. RAMC (TA) Jan. 1939 (Capt., hon. Maj.); TD and Bar 1947; in gen. med. practice Wolverhampton; m. 16 Dec. 1944 Thyrza Jeffreys, d. of George Ernest Timms of Bishop's Stortford, Herts.; d. 2 Mar. 1992
Somerset, Fitzroy John, 5th Baron Raglan, son of Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan FSA, and Hon. Julia Ann Christine Margaret Hamilton CStJ, d. of Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (qv); b. 8 Nov. 1929; adm. Nov. 1941 (R); left July 1945; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945; RAC Cirencester; Capt. Welsh Guards RARO; JP (Mon. ) 1958; succ. his father as 5th Baron 5 Sept. 1964; DL (Gwent) 1971-97; a Crown Estates Commissioner 1970-4; chmn. Cwmbran New Town Dev. Corpn 1970-83; chmn. Bath Preservation Trust 1975-7, the Bath Soc. 1977-; chmn., pres. and trustee, other public and heritage organisations; m. 1973 Alice, d. of Peter Baily of Great Whittington, Northumberland; d. 24 Jan. 2010.
SOMERSET, FITZROY JOHN HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Sep 1788; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 9 Jun 1804; Lieut., 30 May 1805; Capt., 6th Garrison Battn., 5 May 1808; 43rd Foot 18 Aug 1808; Brevet Maj., 9 Jun 1811; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 25 Jul 1814; Col. in the Army and ADC to Prince Regent 28 Aug 1815; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 53rd Foot 19 Nov 1830 – May 1854 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 8 May 1854; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Field-Marshal 5 Nov 1854; served with Wellington in Peninsular War; wounded at battle of Busaco; lost right arm at battle of Waterloo; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1814, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jan – Mar 1815; Secretary to Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 1815-27; MP Truro 1818-20, 1826 – Mar 1829; Military Secretary, War Office Jan 1827 – Sep 1852; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 30 Sep 1852 – May 1855; Commander-in-Chief of British Troops in Crimea from 1854; Privy Councillor 16 Oct 1852; created Baron Raglan 20 Oct 1852; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 24 Sep 1852; DCL Oxford 1834; m. 6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley Pole, second dau. of William Wellesley Pole, 3rrd Earl of Mornington PC, Master of the Mint; d. in camp before Sevastopol 28 Jun 1855. DNB.
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.
SOLBE, CHARLES EDWARD DE LISLE, son of Rev. Charles Augustus Solbé, Bromley, Kent, Chaplain to the Forces, and Agnes Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Rock Garnsey, Vicar of Christ Church, Forest of Dean, Gloucs.; b. 21 Jan 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Dec 1882; 2nd Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt., 16 Nov 1887; Indian Staff Corps 1888; Lieut., 3rd Sikh Infantry 3 Mar 1889; Capt., 16 Nov 1898; Maj., 16 Nov 1905; Lieut. -Col., 16 Nov 1913; retd. 17 Nov 1913; served in Burmese expedition 1888-90 and on North-West Frontier 1897-8, 1901-2, 1908; d. 4 Jul 1931.
SOAMES, EDGAR, brother of Charles Ernest Soames (qv); b. 9 Sep 1861; adm. from Charterhouse Sch. 15 Jun 1876 (G); left May 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880; BA and LLB 1884; adm. solicitor Nov 1887; practised at Bromley, Kent, to retirement 1900; JP Sussex 1907; m. Feb 1893 Evelyn Margaret, dau. of Robert Aitken, Manchester; d. 8 Jan 1932.