Peerage Record – 56434

     Reginald Hugh Somerville was born on 16 December 1835.¹ He was the son of Rev. Hon. William Somerville and Charlotte Bagot.¹ He died on 8 September 1855 at age 19 at Sebastopol, Russia, killed in action.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.¹ He fought in the Crimean War.¹

     Augustus Somerville was born on 8 August 1839.¹ He was the son of Rev. Hon. William Somerville and Charlotte Bagot.¹ He died on 7 April 1869 at age 29.¹

     Frances Somerville was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Somerville and Mary Digby.¹ She married Hon. William Booth Grey, son of George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck, on 28 August 1838.² She died on 23 October 1849.²
     From 28 August 1838, her married name became Grey.¹

     Hon. Mary Anne Somerville was the daughter of James Somerville, 12th Lord Somerville and Anne Bayntun.¹ She died, unmarried.¹

     Mary Buckler was the daughter of William Buckler.¹ She married Francis Dugdale Astley, son of William Francis Corbet Astley and Mary Bickley, in 1755.¹ She died on 23 September 1804.²
     From 1755, her married name became Astley.¹

     John Southey Somerville, 14th Lord Somerville was born on 21 September 1765.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Somerville and Elizabeth Cannon Lethbridge.¹ He died on 5 October 1819 at age 54, unmarried.²
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.² He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.² He gained the rank of Colonel in the West Somerset Yeomanry.² He succeeded as the 14th Lord Somerville [S., 1444] in 1796.¹ He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] , Pres Board Ag 1798–1800, a Lord Bedchamber 1799–1810 between 1796 and 1807.² He held the office of President of the Board of Agriculture between 1798 and 1800.² He held the office of Lord of the Bedchamber between 1799 and 1810.² He introduced Merino sheep into Britain from Lisbon.¹

     Frances Rotherham is the daughter of John Rotherham.¹ She married James Somerville, 12th Lord Somerville, son of James Somerville, 11th Lord Somerville and Margaret Murray, in 1736.¹
     From 1736, her married name became Somerville.¹

     John Rotherham lived at Muchwaltham, Essex, England.¹