John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS (4 March 1651 – 26 April 1716) was an English jurist, Whig statesman and peer. Somers first came to national attention...
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East Enfield became a town and was renamed Somers, after John Somers, 1st Baron Somers. In the year 1749, Somers joined the Connecticut Colony. The Four...
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(1725–1806) John Somers Cocks, 2nd Baron Somers (1760–1841) (created Earl Somers in 1821) John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (1760–1841) John Somers Somers-Cocks...
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Scouting portal Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, KCMG, DSO, MC (20 March 1887 – 14 July 1944), was a British Army officer who was...
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grandfather Charles Cocks was the husband of Mary Somers, sister of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England. He matriculated at Worcester...
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John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (6 May 1760 – 5 January 1841), known as The Lord Somers /ˈsʌmərz/ between 1806 and 1821, was a British peer and politician...
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Railway Somers Town Goods Depot (1887) next to St Pancras, where the British Library now stands. It was named after Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (1725–1806)...
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John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651–1716) was an English Whig jurist and statesman. John Somers may also refer to: John Somers (motorcycle racer) in 1963...
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author John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651–1716, Lord Chancellor of England under William III John Somers-Smith (1887–1916), British rower Joseph Somers (cyclist)...
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Family members commemorated with plaques on the monument include John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, who served William III as Lord Chancellor, and Edward Charles...
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received two degrees. Through the influence of distant relation John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, he was granted the living of Exhall in Warwickshire and later...
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1st Earl of Coventry 1689–1699 Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry 1699–1710 Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 1710–1715 John Somers, 1st Baron Somers...
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married Mary Cocks, the daughter of Charles Cocks and niece of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, on 19 June 1712 at St Mildred, Poultry, London. They had no...
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John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, GCB, PC, FRS (27 June 1786 – 3 June 1869), known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was an English politician...
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Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester (3rd Earl's son; second cousin to Edward III) 1362–1399: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster...
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King Philippe of Belgium William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC Sir John Sinclair Bt John Somers, 1st Baron Somers PC FRS Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg MP James Schneider...
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from 1865 until...
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art in County Hall include a portrait of the Lord Chancellor, John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, by Godfrey Kneller and a portrait of the local member of parliament...
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John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes CB, FBA (/keɪnz/ KAYNZ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally...
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John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC (27 April 1874 – 20 August 1941) was a British politician who served as the eighth Governor-General...
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Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, and John Somers, 1st Baron Somers. The...
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Russell, 1st Earl of Orford Lord William Powlett, Member of Parliament for Winchester John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons John Somers, 1st Baron Somers...
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (20 May 1886 – 19 July 1971) was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician...
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Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher...
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councillor, mayor, politician and philanthropist[citation needed] John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England, 1697–1700, member of the committee...
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Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622) 1716 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great...
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John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, PC, FRSE (15 September 1779 – 23 June 1861) was a British Liberal politician, lawyer and man of letters. The second...
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Dewsbury. Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, First Indian Governor of Bombay John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716), Whig jurist and statesman. Sir Wintringham Stable...
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John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel (c. 1348 – 1379), also known as Sir John Arundel, was an English soldier. He was born in Etchingham, Sussex, England...
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Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (d. 1730) March 4 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716) March 31 – Karl II, Elector...
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