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Somers, Earl (UK, 1821 - 1883)

Creation: let.pat. 17 Jul 1821

Extinct: 26 Sep 1883

Family name: Somers later Somers-Cocks

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Arms:

See Baron Somers

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John Somers [Cocks], 2nd Baron Somers later 1st Earl Somers

1st son and heir of Charles [Cocks], 1st Baron Somers, by his first wife Elizabeth Eliot, sister of Edward [Eliot later Craggs-Eliot], 1st Baron Eliot, and 5th dau. of Richard Eliot, of Port Eliot, co. Cornwall

born

/6 May 1760

mar. (1)

19 Mar 1785 Margaret Nash (b. c. 1761; d. 9 Feb 1831), only dau. of Rev Treadway Russell Nash DD, of Bevere in Claines, co, Worcester, by his wife Margaret Martin, yst. dau. of John Martin, of Overbury, co. Worcester

children by first wife

1. Maj Hon Edward Charles Cocks, Member of Parliament for Reigate 1806-12 (b. 27 Jul 1786 ; dvp. 8 Oct 1812 at the Battle of Burgos)

2. Hon John Somers Cocks later Somers-Cocks, later 2nd Earl Somers

3. Rev Canon Hon James Somers Cocks, Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral and Canon of Worcester Cathedral (b. 9 Jan 1790; d. 5 Jul 1856)

mar. (2)

3 Jun 1834 his cousin Jane Waddington (b. c. 1786; widow of Rev George Waddington; d. 3 Nov 1868), 4th dau. of James Cocks, of London (by his wife Martha Watson, dau. of Rear Admiral Charles Watson), 4th son of John Cocks, of Castleditch in Eastnor, co. Hereford, and younger brother of Charles [Cocks], 1st Baron Somers

died

5 Jan 1841

created

17 Jul 1821 Viscount Eastnor, of Eastnor Castle in the County of Hereford, and Earl Somers

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for West Looe 1782-84, for Grampound 1784-90 and for Reigate 1790-1806; Capt commanding Worcestershire Yeoman Cavalry 1794, Maj 1796 and Lt Col 1803-11; suc. his father 30 Jan 1806 as 2nd Baron Somers; Recorder of Gloucester 1811; High Steward of Hereford; Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire 1817-41

John Somers [Cocks later Somers-Cocks], 2nd Earl Somers

born

19 Mar 1788

mar.

4 Feb 1815 Lady Caroline Harriet Yorke (b. 15 Oct 1794; d. 27 May 1873), 4th dau. of Philip [Yorke], 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, 3rd dau. of James [Lindsay], 5th Earl of Balcarres

children

1. Hon Charles Somers Cocks later Somers-Cocks, later 3rd Earl Somers

1. Lady Caroline Margaret Somers-Cocks, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria (dsp. 14 Nov 1894), mar. 20 Jun 1849 Rev Canon Hon Charles Leslie Courtenay, Canon of Windsor, Vicar of Bovey Tracey, co. Devon, Chaplain to Queen Victoria (b. 31 Mar 1816; dsp. 29 Oct 1894), 4th son by his first wife of William [Courtenay], 10th Earl of Devon

2. Lady Harriet Catherine Somers-Cocks (d. 6 May 1893), mar. 22 Apr 1850 Francis Richard Wegg-Prosser, of Belmont, co. Hereford (d. 16 Aug 1911), and had issue

died

5 Oct 1852

suc. by

son

note

Lieut, 16th Light Dragoons 1805, Capt 2nd Dragoon Guards 1807; Maj commanding Worcestershire Yeoman Cavalry 1813-27; Lt Col, Herefordshire Militia 1831 and Col 1836; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Reigate 1812-18 and 1832-41 and for Hereford 1818-32; took by Royal Licence 1841 the name Somers-Cocks in lieu of Cocks; Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire 1845-52

Charles Somers [Cocks later Somers-Cocks], 3rd Earl Somers

born

14 Jul 1819

mar.

2 Oct 1850 Virginia Pattle (b. 19 Mar 1829; d. 29 Sep 1910), dau. of James Pattle, of the Bengal Civil Service, by his wife Adelaide de l'Etang, dau. of Chev Antoine de l'Etang, of Pondicherry, India

children

1. Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks (b. 3 Aug 1851; d. 12 Mar 1921), mar. 6 Feb 1872 Rt Hon Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset MP, Comptroller of the Household 1874-79 (b. 7 Dec 1849; d. 10 Oct 1932), 2nd surv. son of Henry Charles FitzRoy [Somerset], 8th Duke of Beaufort, and had issue

2. Lady Adeline Marie Somers-Cocks GBE (b. 24 Sep 1852; dsp. 12 Apr 1920), mar. 24 Oct 1876 George William Francis Sackville [Russell], 10th Duke of Bedford

3. Lady Virginia Somers-Cocks (b. 22 Sep 1855; dvp. 9 Jan 1859)

died

s.p.m. 26 Sep 1883

note

Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Reigate 1841-47; a Lord-in-Waiting 1853-57 ; a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery 1860-83 and of the British Museum 1874-83

On the death of the 3rd Earl Somers the Earldom of Somers and the Viscountcy of Eastnor became extinct and he was succeeded as 5th Baron Somers by his cousin, Philip Reginald Cocks.

 First written 27 Sep 2003

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