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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.