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Somerville, James, 1727-1796
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1727-1796
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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.
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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.