Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet explained

Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet (c. 1698 – 16 August 1748)^[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the only son of Thomas Somerville and his wife Sarah King, daughter of James King.^[2] In 1729, Somerville entered the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Dublin City, representing the constituency until his death in 1748.^[3] In 1736, he was appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin.^[4] On 14 February 1748, only months before his death, he was created a Baronet of Somerville, in the County of Meath.

On 2 February 1713, he married Elizabeth Quayle, daughter of James Quayle.

Somerville was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Quaile.^[1] His second son, Major William Somerville, was buried at St. Audoen's Church, Dublin.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225210/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsS3.htm . May 1, 2008 . usurped . 12 June 2009 .
2. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . II . 4th . 1832 . 463–464 .
3. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . June 7, 2008 . usurped . 12 June 2009 .
4. Book: Haydn, Joseph . The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire . Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's . London . 1851 . 461 .