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    colony of Bermuda, also known as the Somers Isles. Somers was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in 1554, the son of John Somers and his wife. From a young age he...
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    abusive, and Somers often worried that he would kill her. Somers was a bedwetter until age 12, which led to additional abuse from her father. Somers first attended...
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  • George Somers Clarke may refer to: George Somers Leigh Clarke (1822–1882), English architect Somers Clarke (1841–1926), English architect and Egyptologist...
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  • and placekicker George Somers, candidate for Miramichi George Summers (disambiguation) George Somers Clarke (disambiguation) George Sommer, Peruvian...
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  • George Somers Clarke (1822–1882) was an English architect. He became a RIBA Associate in March 1845 and a Fellow in June 1859. He sat on RIBA Council...
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    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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    Bermuda (redirect from Somers Islands)
    colony, which had been renamed the Somers Isles in commemoration of Sir George Somers, was passed on to the Somers Isles Company. As Bermudians settled...
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  • Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers, Somers was a star at La Salle University – captaining the 1938 team. Somers also received the Maxwell Club Award...
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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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    life-sized statue of Admiral of the Virginia Company, Sir George Somers, by Desmond Fountain. Somers, along with Sir Thomas Gates, had led the survivors of...
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    sense of community." Bordering Massachusetts, Somers is considered part of the city of Springfield NECTA. Somers is 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Springfield...
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    again, and Sir George Somers returned to Bermuda aboard the Patience to obtain more food. (Somers died there, and his nephew, Matthew Somers, the captain...
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    1610, Admiral Somers returned to Bermuda in Patience to obtain wild pigs and food that had been stockpiled there. Unfortunately, Somers died in Bermuda...
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  • Somers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adeline Marie Somers (1852–1920), British humanitarian and advocate for penal reform Alan...
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  • The Somers Isles Company (fully, the Company of the City of London for the Plantacion of The Somers Isles or the Company of The Somers Isles) was formed...
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    New-England, and the Summer Isles. The "Somers Isles" is another name for Bermuda, named after Sir George Somers, the colony's founder. The heraldic blazon...
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    ship. The uninhabited archipelago was officially named "The Somers Isles" after Admiral Somers. The survivors built two smaller ships from salvaged parts...
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    a fleet of nine ships set sail in May 1609 led by Thomas Gates and George Somers. The ships were named Sea Venture, Diamond, Faulcon [sic], Blessinge...
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    George Somers Clarke (1841–1926) was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites...
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    water faster than it could be bailed. The Admiral of the Company, Sir George Somers, took the helm and the ship was deliberately driven onto the reefs of...
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    of the World, described Somers thus: The nearest approach to hell on earth is at Somers, Mont. The principal industry at Somers is sawing railroad ties...
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    National Historic Trail, established in 2006. In 1610, Admiral Sir George Somers (of Sea Venture fame), proposed a trip to Bermuda aboard Patience accompanied...
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    makes dedication to St Wite. Sir George Somers (1554–1610) was the Mayor of Lyme Regis and later Governor of The Somers Isles (Bermuda). He died "of a surfeit...
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    were the Lenape Native Americans. John Somers was the first European settler in what is now Somers Point. Somers purchased the land along the northern...
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    of her descent from Captain Matthew Somers, nephew of Sir George Somers, the traveler and soldier for whom Somers Islands (now called Bermuda) were named...
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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 Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (/ˈsʌmərz/ SUM-ərz; 6 May 1760 – 5 January 1841), known as the Lord Somers between 1806 and 1821, was a British peer...
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    Council for New England (category George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham)
    establish trade and commerce between these new colonies and the colonies of George Somers and Thomas Gates (Virginia Colony). These new colonies were to be managed...
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  • Lion with Captain George Webb Sea Venture (largest ship and flagship) with Captain Christopher Newport, Fleet Admiral George Somers, and Lt. General Thomas...
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    Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers (14 July 1819 – 26 September 1883), styled the Hon. Charles Cocks from 1819 to 1841 and Viscount Eastnor from...
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