The SomersIslesCompany was formed in 1615 to operate the English colony of the SomersIsles, also known ... to Bermuda. Formation of The SomersIslesCompany The Virginia Company ran Bermuda until 1614, when ... Company formed a second company, the SomersIslesCompany, to which Bermuda was transferred in 1615. The Virginia Company was dissolved in 1622, with the administration of its continental colony passing to the Crown. The SomersIslesCompany, with its separate charter, continued to administer Bermuda for another six decades. Bermuda as a company colony Image SomersIsles Map John Speed 1676.jpg ... of the Economic system economy under the SomersIslesCompany. The primary cash crop was tobacco , but the quantity ... the Virginia Company Image Generall Historie of Virginia.jpg thumb right 200 px The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles , by John Smith of Jamestown Capt. John Smith Bermuda had been settled, inadvertently, in 1609 by the Virginia Company when its flagship, the Sea Venture , was wrecked on the reefs to its east. The Admiral of the Company, Sir George Somers , was at the helm ... the Patience to Somers hometown, Lyme Regis, and not to Virginia. When news reached England of the adventures of the Sea Venture s survivors, the royal charter of the Virginia Company was officially extended to include Bermuda, subsequently known also as The SomersIsles and also as Virgineola . A Governor ... IslesCompany were primarily Nobility nobles , but was largely spared the effects and the aftermath ... Jamestown , the Virginian settlement established by the Company two years earlier. He had deliberately ... Somers claim of the islands for England , some dead. Those aboard the two ships included Sir Thomas ... arrived bellies. Somers decided to return to Bermuda aboard the Patience, captained by his nephew, Matthew, for provisions. He died in Bermuda, however, in 1610. Matthew Somers was keen to receive ... years of indentured servitude to the Company in exchange for the cost of transport. Although the primary ... more details
HMCS SomersIsles was a temporary training facility for the Royal Canadian Navy in Bermuda from 1944 to 1945. The base was located at Convict s Bay, Bermuda Convict s Bay , St. George s, Bermuda St. George s Parish . It was originally built for the use of the Royal Navy . The RCN subsequently abandoned HMCS SomersIsles when Canada s military consolidated its operations at Somerset Island, Bermuda Somerset Island at the west end of Bermuda see CFS Bermuda . Prior to this, the RCN worked with the RN in establishing an anti submarine training program at Casemates Barracks starting in 1939. The base also assisted with converting 50 ex USN destroyers to RN and RCN service during World War II under the Lend Lease program. See also CFS Bermuda References http www.bermuda online.org canada.htm Bermuda s connections with and ties to Canada DEFAULTSORT SomersIsles Category Royal Canadian Navy bases Category Military of Bermuda Canada mil hist stub ... more details
infobox company name Isles of Scilly Steamship Company logo File Scillonian logo.svg 250px Scillonian ... 1858 services were provide by the Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company which was replaced in 1870 by the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company . This was wound up in 1907 and the services operated by John Banfield until 1917. For the rest of the war the services were operated by Government vessels. The company was founded with 20,000 raised by selling shares, mostly in the Isles of Scilly. Initially services were operated by the HMS Argus 1904 Peninnis ex HMS Argus from 1920 until 1927, which the company ... Charlesworth.jpg thumb right Gry Maritha in Penzance Harbour The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company ... Company Ivor B takes maiden voyage to Isles of Scilly fr 123.aspx ref Started operating in 2010 ... at a cost of 17.5 million. This vessel would be leased to the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and would ... III , as seen from the air, halfway between St Mary s and Penzance The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company operates a seasonal passenger service from Penzance , in the England English county of Cornwall , to the offshore Isles of Scilly , together with a year round cargo service. The name of the company s principal ferry, the Scillonian III , is perhaps better known than that of the company itself. The company is based in the Isles of Scilly Travel Centre Penzance, ref http www.islesofscilly travel.co.uk contact.asp Contact Us . Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. Retrieved on 5 July 2010. ref and also owns Isles of Scilly Skybus Isles of Scilly Skybus Ltd , an operator of fixed wing aircraft services to the Isles of Scilly, and Westward Airways United Kingdom Westward Airways , an operator ... fn UK . The original Scillonian 1925 Scillonian was built for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company in 1925 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd of Troon , Scotland to carry 400 passengers and cargo ... & Company of Woolston, Southampton , and was in service until 1977. A second ship operated for a while ... more details
Summary Detail from a map of the SomersIsles , by John Speed, 1676. The area shown is St. George s Parish, originally the Common , General , or King s land, which means it was not part of the area exploited by the SomersIslesCompany . The Parish included the South East part of the Main Island or Bermuda, or Great Bermuda , as well as St. George s Island, Bermuda St. George s and St. David s Island, Bermuda St. David s Islands, the small islands Castle Islands, Bermuda Castle Islands at the south of Castle Harbour, Bermuda Castle Harbour known as Southampton Harbour , until renamed due to the presence of the fortifications on those islets , and various other neighbouring islands. The shape of this area would change radically when the US Army began construction of an air base, Kindley Field, in 1941. The full map Image SomersIsles Map John Speed 1676.jpg 150px . Compare modern File Bermuda St. George s.png 70px . User Aodhdubh Aodhdubh 20 13, 20 November 2006 UTC Licensing PD old 100 ... more details
The Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company provided shipping services between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 1858 to 1872. ref Ships monthly, Volume 10. 1975 ref Company The company was founded in 1858 by John Banfield, Thomas Johns Buxton, William Mumford Hoskin and James Phillips, shareholders in the Little Western Steamship Association. Vessels The company operated two vessels. SS Scotia The steamship SS Scotia 1847 SS Scotia operated from 1858 to 1859. SS Little Western The Little Western operated from 1859 to 1871. ref Railway and other steamers. Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth, Graham Easton Langmuir. 1968 ref She was a Steam Schooner with a 2 cylinder Iron Screw built in 1858 in Renfrew by James Henderson & Sons Yard No. 25 . She displaced 115 148 tons gross 67 tons net and was 115ft 9ins in length 18ft 5 ins in breadth and 9ft 4ins in depth. On the winding up of the company the ship was transferred to the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company . She was wrecked on Southward Wells Reef on 6 October 1872 attempting to give assistance to a disabled brigantine ship. References Reflist Isles of Scilly Category 1858 establishments Category 1872 disestablishments Category Ferry companies of England Category Water transport in Cornwall Category Transport in the Isles of Scilly Category Companies based in Cornwall Category Ferries of South West England Category Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom ... more details
See also Sommers Island and Sommers surname Somers refers to Persons Bart Somers b. 1964 , Belgian politician Brett Somers 1924 2007 , Canadian born American actress, singer, and comedienne Charles Somers 1868 1934 , American executive and investor in baseball Daryl Somers b. 1951 , Australian television personality George Somers , 1554 1610 , British admiral who founded Bermuda in 1609 Harry Somers 1925 1999 , Canadian composer John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651 1716, Lord Chancellor of England under William III Richard Somers 1778 1779 1804 , officer of the United States Navy Steve Somers b. 1947 , radio host on the New York City sports radio station WFAN Suzanne Somers b. 1946 , American actress Walter Somers d. 1917 , English industrialist Places Somers, Victoria , Australia Somers, Connecticut Somers, Iowa Somers, Montana Somers, New York Somers Point, New Jersey Somers, Wisconsin , a town Somers community , Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Ships of the United States Navy USS Somers USS Somers Disambig Category Place name disambiguation pages Category Surnames de Somers fr Somers it Somers nl Somers ja pl Somers vo Somers ... more details
wiktionary islesIsles may refer to Isles class trawler Isles class trawler , a class of naval trawler used by the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy Isles FM , a local radio station operating from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland New York Islanders , a professional ice hockey team that is part of the National Hockey League NHL ISLES project , a study on renewable energy potential off the coasts of western Scotland and Ireland Isles is a family name in Preston Lancashire Isle disambiguation disambig fr Isles nl Isles ... more details
, also known officially as the SomersIsles . Somers commanded several English ships between ... year. In 1609, Somers was made Admiral of the Virginia Company s Third Supply relief fleet. On 2 ...This article is about the British naval hero. For the American football player, see George Somers American football For those of a similar name George Summers disambiguation Image Sir George Somers portrait.jpg thumb right 250px A portrait believed to be of Admiral Sir George Somers. Admiral Sir George Somers 1554 1610 was a United Kingdom British Royal Navy naval hero. Born in Lyme Regis , Dorset , the son of John Somers, his first fame came as part of an expedition led by Sir Amyas Preston against ... to raise her buoyancy, but this only delayed the inevitable. The Admiral of the Company, Sir George Somers himself, was at the helm through the storm. When he spied land on the morning of 28 July, the water ... of exhaustion. Image TS Admiral Somers Guard.jpg thumb 250px The Guard of TS Admiral Somers , the Bermuda ... Sir George Somers, for whom the unit is named, credited as the founder of Bermuda, alias The SomersIsles . The statue, by sculptor, Desmond Fountain , was unveiled by HRH Princess Margaret, Countess .... Somers deliberately drove the ship onto the reefs of what proved to be Bermuda in order to prevent ... came ashore at Discovery Bay, Bermuda Discovery Bay . Somers, along with all those others .... Somers and Sir Thomas Gates governor Thomas Gates also among the castaways between them oversaw the construction ... of 1610 that the abandonment of Jamestown was avoided and the colony was able to survive. Somers ... requested that his heart be buried there. A marker in Somers Gardens in St. George s marks the approximate ... back to England and buried in his hometown of Lyme Regis. Biography Sir George Somers A Man and his ... of Somers http www.bermuda online.org seetown.htm Bermuda history and information http www.thedorsetpage.com people George Somers.htm The Dorset Page George Somers 1554 1610 http www.historic uk.com ... more details
Walter Somers born in Repton , Derbyshire in 1839, died 1917 was an England English engineer and businessman who established a forge company, later known as Walter Somers Limited, producing a range of steel products including items for military use by the British Admiralty during World War I. ref http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk a2a records.aspx?cat 145 dsom&cid 0 0 ref In 1866 Somers was given a loan of 100 by his father and took on a short lease on an ironworks complex at Mucklow Hill , Halesowen , establishing a forgemaster business. Initially focused on production of chains and anchors, the business later also produced axles and Buffer rail transport railway buffers . By the last decade of the 19th century, it was delivering forgings to Admiralty specifications a customer relationship that continued throughout World War I. Somerscompany also produced parts of the anchors used on the RMS RMS Titanic Titanic . ref http www.titanic model.com articles a titanic achievement.pdf ref In 1907 Somers bought Belle Vue House on Mucklow Hill, installing electricity in the house. Overhead lines from a generator at Somers works supplied current for the house until the 1920s when it connected to public services. ref http www.qlhs.org.uk oracle belle vue belle vue.htm ref Somers died in 1917, leaving the company under the direction of his two sons, Seth and Frank. Frank Somers was managing director until 1954. Legacy Walter Somers Limited was incorporated in 1919. However, it became embroiled in the Arms for Iraq scandal in the 1980s, and no longer trades. However, subsidiaries Somers Handling, Somers Forge and Somers Vehicle Lifts survive and still trade in the Halesowen area. References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Walter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1839 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1917 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Walter Category 1917 deaths Category English businesspeople Category English engineers Category ... more details
Multiple issues BLP sources February 2011 notability May 2009 Shane Somers , also known by his ring name ShowTime Shane Somers , is an American Professional wrestling professional wrestler . ref cite news title Today in Wrestling History, 5 5 WWF Becomes WWE, More url http www.impactwrestling.com Content.aspx?ID 26398 accessdate 17 February 2011 newspaper Impact Wrestling date 5 May 2009 quote 2001 The L.A. Connection Gunny Marvelous and Shane Somers defeat Tony Luza and Jake Steel in Plato, Missouri to become the first, and only, NWA Missouri Tag Team Champions. ref Somers held the National Wrestling Alliance s NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship three times and has also held the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship . In addition to wrestling professionally, he has a mixed martial arts record of 4 wins 1 loss. Professional wrestling career Somers began his professional wrestling career in Arkansas wrestling under the name Primetime Shawn Winters one match . After appearing in several promotions Somers moved to Missouri to Mid Ozark Championship Wrestling MOCW and formed a Heel professional wrestling heel villainous tag team with Gunny Marvelous known as the L.A. Connection. They began a feud over the MOCW Tag Team Championship with the McCoy Clan and Eric Sparks and Mongoose. The team held the title at least five times. Their final reign came to an end in 2001 at the hands of the Searcher and Geno The Exterminator . The L.A. Connection went on to become the NWA Missouri State Tag Team champions, holding the belts for several months until Marvelous left the company. On March 30, 2002, Somers defeated the 7 foot 2 inch Butch McClain to become the undisputed NWA Central ... occasions. Somers was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Independent Missouri Hall of Fame in 2005 ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Shane ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Shane Category American professional wrestlers ... more details
USS Somers may refer to USS Somers 1812 , was a schooner that fought on Lake Erie and Huron during the War of 1812. She was captured by the British in 1814. USS Somers 1842 , was a brig launched in 1842 and sunk in 1846. The ship is known for the Somers Affair . USS Somers TB 22 , was a torpedo boat purchased in 1898 and sold in 1920 USS Somers DD 301 , was a Clemson class destroyer launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1930 USS Somers DD 381 , was a Somers class destroyer commissioned in 1937 and scrapped in 1947 USS Somers DDG 34 , was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer commissioned in 1959 and sunk as a target in 1998 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Somers Category United States Navy ship names de USS Somers fr Somers navire nl USS Somers pl USS Somers sl USS Somers ... more details
Company ABC had even ended, rival network CBS knew that Somers was ultimately going to be available ... s Company kept sending cease and desist forms to CBS stating that Somers could not use any of her ...Infobox actor name Suzanne Somers image SuzanneSomersByPhilKonstantin.jpg caption Suzanne Somers, May ..., singer years active 1963 present spouse Bruce Somers 1965&ndash 1968 br Alan Hamel 1977&ndash present website http www.suzannesomers.com Suzanne Somers born Suzanne Marie Mahoney October ... television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three s Company and as Carol Lambert on Step By Step TV series Step by Step . Somers later became the author of a series of best selling self help books, including ... Somers date October 11, 2006 url http drerika.typepad.com notepad 2006 10 letter to suzan.html publisher ... Born Suzanne Marie Mahoney in San Bruno, California , Somers was the third of four children in an Irish ... coms2 summary 0286 22071458 ITM title Suzanne Somers Gives Advice on Aging Gracefully ... Channel ref ref cite web title Somers on Broadway...briefly url http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives ... Somers? accessdate 2009 09 09 last Cyprus first S publisher wiseGEEK ref and gardener. ref cite web url http www.filmreference.com film 59 Suzanne Somers.html title Suzanne Somers Biography 1926 accessdate ... content view 141 173 title Suzanne Somers author date work Speakers publisher Speakers and Entertainment ... celebrity.premiere.com movie stars celebrity trivia Suzanne Somers title Celebrity Trivia Suzanne Somers author date work Premiere.com publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. accessdate 11 ... of San Francisco . She left during her sophomore year, after becoming pregnant by Bruce Somers, whom ... and began modeling. In 1971, her son was severely injured when he was hit by a car. In 1968, Somers ... became her business manager. In 2001 Somers announced that she had breast cancer, having a lumpectomy ... California had destroyed Somers Malibu, California Malibu home. ref cite web url http www.foxnews.com ... more details
Infobox actor name Brett Somers image Brett Somers.jpg birth name Audrey Johnston birth date Birth date ... 1974 2007 Brett Somers July 11, 1924 &ndash September 15, 2007 ref name Brett http web.archive.org web 20070107053043 http www.brettsomers.com Brett Somers Personal Webpage web archive ref was a Canada ... Audrey Johnston in Saint John, New Brunswick . Somers grew up near Portland, Maine . She ran away ... Game Star Brett Somers , Playbill.com, July 11, 2003 ref There she settled in Greenwich Village ... Also Rises , and the surname Somers was her mother s maiden name. She became a U.S. citizen late in life ... 04march.shtml Another Opening Another Show ref After moving to New York City, Somers married and had .... ref name theatremania Career Early career Somers began her career in theater, and made many of her ... , Bus Riley s Back in Town and The Great American Beauty Pageant . Television credits Somers made many ... Tyler Moore Show , and The Fugitive TV series The Fugitive . Somers had recurring roles as Blanche ... Company ABC sitcom television series The Odd Couple TV series The Odd Couple in the early 1970s, as well ... . Match Game Somers was best known for her appearances as a panelist on the 1970s CBS game show Match ... party. Somers was a familiar on screen presence, wearing enormous eyeglasses, various wigs, and playing ... Flagg , among others. Somers was sometimes the subject of questions on Match Game , such as You may or may not believe in reincarnation, but listen to this. In a previous life, Brett used to be a . Somers ... review doonan 030728.shtml Brett Somers Review Bot generated title ref Her appearances on The Match ... Stern Show . Robin s impersonation of Brett Somers is featured in the film Private Parts . Later ... Story Behind the Blank on Game Show Network GSN , and hosted the Match Game DVD as well. Somers also appeared in a cabaret show, An Evening with Brett Somers , from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, she also appeared ... Brett Somers Review Bot generated title ref Death During a 2002 interview, Somers denied rumors that she ... more details
Somers Town or Somerstown may refer to Somers Town, London , a district of London, England Somerstown, Portsmouth , a district of Portsmouth, England Somers Town film Somers Town film , a film directed by Shane Meadows See also Summerstown disambiguation Disambig geo Category English toponyms ... more details
orphan date August 2009 Wikify date August 2009 Jeffrey Daniel Xavier Somers is an award winning author of the Avery Cates Novels and is an editor of the magazine http www.innerswine.com The Inner Swine . ref New York Times article http www.nytimes.com books 01 07 01 bib 010701.rv105816.html? r 1&scp 3&sq jeff 20somers&st cse ref While he claims to live in New Jersey along with many cats and empty bottles of booze, many Science Fiction Fans feel that Somers is a pen name for a Midwestern cow farmer Martin Fieldaman who prefers his anonymity. ref new writer discussion group, Boskone SF Convention 2005. ref Writings Avery Cates books Avery Cates is the main character in Jeffery Somers series of books set in the gritty near future. This future is a world that has come under one unified government and is ruled by The Joint Council. The first book http www.amazon.com dp 0316021725 The Electric Church introduces Avery Cates, a Gunner , and details his run ins with the Monks of the http the electric church.com Electric Church . The second book http www.amazon.com dp 0316022101 The Digital Plague explores the spread of a virus that has consumed everything around Avery Cates. The third book http www.amazon.com dp 031602211X The Eternal Prison continues the tale of international struggles for world domination and his escape attempts from the http www.eternalprison.com Eternal Prison . It was released on August 12, 2009. The fourth book in the series http www.amazon.com Terminal State Avery ... to Cainnic Orel. Other writings Somers also has written the novel http www.amazon.com dp 0887393225 ... of crime in this engaging, laid back first novel. Somers has edited the well known fiction magazine ... The Electric Church has been optioned by Bruce Willis s production company Cheyenne Enterprises ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Jeffrey ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American novelist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Jeffrey Category ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Infobox Person name Ron Somers image Ron Somers 2.jpg birth name birth date birth ... height weight term predecessor successor party boards religion spouse Rebecca Somers ref name USIBC cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Ron Somers Bio work publisher date url http www.usibc.com ... relatives signature website footnotes Ron Somers , an United States American businessman, is President ... India relations . Education Somers holds an M.A. from the Bread Loaf Graduate School, where he studied .... A distinguished high school scholar athlete, Somers graduated with academic honors in 1972 from Oxford Hills High School, Norway, Maine. He is fluent in Hindi . Professional life Somers has over 30 years ... energy and power assets. After graduating from Middlebury College, Somers worked as a roughneck ... George W. Bush . The young Bush helped Somers to get his first real career break as a Landman ... Association of California, Somers was recruited by the U.S. Agency for International Development ... energy development company, Cogentrix Energy, hired Ron in 1994 to pioneer the development of the 1 ... through Unocal s 26 shareholding in Hindustan Oil Exploration Company. During Ron s tenure, Unocal in India ... Project in Andhra Pradesh and the 700 MW combined cycle Bidadi Project in Karnataka. In 2004, Somers ... companies investing in India. ref http www.womanscancerfoundation.org ron somers.html ref Somers ... Electric , Ford , Boeing , and Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse . ref name WSJ He also formerly served on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company HOEC , India s first private sector oil & gas exploration company, as well as on the Board of Directors of the U.S. ... Member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels ref cite news title USIBC s Ron Somers honoured ... ron somers honoured.htm accessdate 2009 04 25 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Ron ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1954 03 30 PLACE ... more details
Infobox Wrestler name Doug Somers names Pretty Boy Doug Somers image image size img capt height height ft 6 in 3 weight convert 245 lb kg abbr on real height real weight birth date September 22nd, 1951 birth place Minneapolis, Minnesota death date death place resides billed trainer Harley Race ref cite web url http www.onlineworldofwrestling.com profiles d doug somers.html title Doug Somers Profile accessdate 2008 01 21 publisher Online World Of Wrestling ref debut 1971 retired website Doug Somers real name Douglas Duane Somerson is an United States American retired professional wrestler known by his ring name Pretty Boy Doug Somers . He worked in the American Wrestling Association AWA in the mid 1980s as part of a tag team with Playboy Buddy Rose , managed by Sherri Martell . Early life Douglas Duane Somerson born September 22, 1951 in the heart of South Minneapolis, Minnesota is the youngest of seven children by Carl and Dorthy Somerson. Professional wrestling career In Minneapolis in 1986 as part of Verne Gagne s American Wrestling Association AWA Somers teamed up with Buddy Rose Playboy Buddy Rose and manager Sherri Martel . ref name post cite web url http www.postandcourier.com news 2009 may 03 playboy buddy loved making us laugh title Playboy Buddy loved making us laugh author Mooneyham, Mike publisher The Post and Courier accessdate 2010 03 23 date May 3, 2009 ref The duo ... and Jannetty winning the title on January 17, 1987. ref name michaels Somers would continue ... Ustinov s tag team partner in a title defense against Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee . Somers resurfaced in the AWA in 1989, managed by Johnny Valiant . Somers went on to wrestle on the independent circuit ... has also wrestled for Georgia independent company Folkstyle Championship Wrestling, in a feud with Frankie ... Somers, Doug ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1951 PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis, Minnesota DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Doug Category Living people Category American ... more details
Image John Somers, Baron Somers by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt lowres color.jpg thumb 200px John Somers, 1st Baron Somers Baron Somers , of Evesham in the County of Worcester, is a title that has been created twice. The title was first created in the Peerage of England in 1697 for John Somers, 1st Baron Somers Sir John Somers , so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as Lord Chancellor . The title became extinct on Lord Somers death in 1716. His sister and co heiress, Mary Somers, married ... Somers Charles Cocks represented Reigate UK Parliament constituency Reigate in Parliament from 1747 ... Somers , of Evesham in the County of Worcester, in the Peerage of Great Britain . His eldest son ..., and Earl Somers . Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . He was succeeded by his ... . In 1841 Lord Somers assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Somers. His son, the third ... James Thomas Somers Cocks, younger brother of the fifth Baron. The ancestral seat of the Cocks family ... Baron Somers. The title of the barony is pronounced Summers . Barons Somers, First creation 1697 John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651 1716 Barons Somers, Second creation 1784 Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers 1725 1806 John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers John Somers Cocks, 2nd Baron Somers 1760 1841 created Earl Somers in 1821 Earl Somers 1821 John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers 1760 1841 John SomersSomers Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers 1788 1852 Charles SomersSomers Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers 1819 1883 Barons Somers, Second creation 1784 Reverted Philip Reginald Cocks, 5th Baron Somers 1815 1899 Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers 1887 1944 Arthur Percy Somers Cocks, 7th Baron Somers 1864 1953 John Patrick Somers Cocks, 8th Baron Somers 1907 1995 Philip Sebastian Somers Cocks, 9th Baron Somers b. 1948 References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David ... Category Baronies Somers Category 1697 establishments ... more details
File WLANL Pachango Boijmans van Beuningen Garderobe Studio Wieki Somers .jpg thumb 350px The Merry go round Coat Rack in the cloakroom at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Wieki Somers Sprang Capelle , 1976 ... Wieki Somers. Somers is considered part of the second generation of Dutch designers who have gained ... name vivid http www.vividvormgeving.nl page somers.htm VIVID Wieki Somers ref In October 2009, Studio Wieki Somers won the Golden Eye the award for best Dutch design at the Dutch Design Awards with the Merry ... in space. ref http www.dutchdesignawards.nl nl nieuws actueel Studio Wieki Somers winnaar Golden Eye 2009.html?id 1174 Studio Wieki Somers winnaar Golden Eye 2009 ,Dutch Design Awards ref ... somers cloakroom boijmans museum rotterdam Brit Insurance Designs of the Year ref Other well known designs by Somers include the High Tea Pot , shaped like a pig s skull and accompanied by a fur cosy ... out of a single piece of fabric using an experimental weaving technique. In 2007, Somers was commissioned ... Articles view 804 Wieki Somers Wieki Somers , Tubelight ref The Rotterdam based design ... Studio Wieki Somers thinking hands, speaking things . ref http www.sm s.nl Stedelijk Museum s Hertogenbosch ref And in January March 2010, Galerie Kreo in Paris presented Wieki Somers Frozen in Time , an exhibition of objects designed by Somers that were inspired by photographs of an ice ... 8668 wieki somers frozen in time.html wieki somers frozen in time , designboom ref Somers graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2000 and then founded Studio Wieki Somers with fellow student ... http www.wiekisomers.com Wieki Somers s Web site ref References reflist External links http www.wiekisomers.com Wieki Somers s Web site Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Wieki ... , North Brabant , Netherlands DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Wieki Category Dutch ... nl Wieki Somers ... more details
Carry Somers is a pioneer in Fair Trade in the UK. She is the creator of the fashion and accessories brand Pachacuti, founded in 1992 and co founder of Clean Slate, the UK s first fair trade and organic clothing organic school uniform company. Pachacuti is best known as the only supplier of the Fair Trade Panama Hat . Working with co operatives eliminates the intermediaries involved in the production process and enables the weavers to retain more of the value of the finished hat. Carry Somers is known for her social development work both in the UK and overseas. UK. She was instrumental in Ashbourne becoming a Fairtrade Town and in the adoption of the Local Reward Scheme for independent shops in Ashbourne, Derbyshire Ashbourne . Pachacuti provides vocational training to placement fashion and textiles students from the University of Derby which includes funding trips to South America to see their designs being made. Carry is a Business Language Ambassador, teamed with Queen Elizabeth s Grammar School in order to raise awareness of the importance of language skills. She is one of the Government s Women s Enterprise Ambassadors and was in direct consultation with Margaret Hodge at the planning stage of this scheme which encourages the female entrepreneurs of the future. International social development work has included capacity building, design training and support for community groups ... Working Ethically , A&C Black ref Pachacuti is the first company in the world to be certified under ... Certified Fair Trade by WFTO UK0001 2009 The University of Essex have named Carry Somers Alumnus of the Year 2009 . Background Carry Somers was born in Seaton, Devon in 1966 and attended Colyton ... and support for alcoholics and their families. Carry Somers met her American husband in Ecuador as a result ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers Category 1966 births Category ... more details
Image HansSomers.jpg thumb Hans Somers Hans Somers born March 9, 1978 in Mechelen is a football soccer football attacking midfielder from Belgium , who is playing for FC Utrecht since the 2004 05 in Dutch football 2004 2005 season in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie . Previously he served Lierse SK 1996 2001 and Trabzonspor 2001 2004 . References nl icon http www.vi.nl vi show id 40053 dbid 7588 typeofpage 40054 sc 9c9fdd Profile F.C. Utrecht Squad DEFAULTSORT Somers, Hans Category 1978 births Category Living people Category Belgian footballers Category Association football midfielders Category FC Utrecht players Category K. Lierse S.K. players Category Trabzonspor footballers Category Eredivisie players Category Belgian expatriate footballers Category Belgian expatriates in the Netherlands Category expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Category Belgian expatriates in Turkey Category expatriate footballers in Turkey Category People from Mechelen Belgium footy midfielder stub de Hans Somers fr Hans Somers nl Hans Somers voetballer pl Hans Somers tr Hans Somers ... more details
Richard Somers 1778 or 1779&ndash 4 September 1804 was an Commissioned officer officer of the United States Navy , killed during a daring assault on Tripoli . Born at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey , he attended the University of Pennsylvania with future naval heroes Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart 1778 1869 Charles Stewart . He was appointed midshipman on 25 April 1797 and served in the West Indies during the Quasi War with France on the frigate USS United States 1797 United States with Decatur and Stewart, a ship commanded by Captain John Barry 1745 1803 John Barry . Promoted to lieutenant on 21 May 1799, Somers was detached from United States on 13 June 1801 and ordered to USS Boston 1799 Boston on 30 July 1801. He served in the latter frigate in the Mediterranean . After Boston returned to Washington, DC , Somers was furloughed on 11 November 1802 to await orders. On 5 May 1803, Somers was ordered to Baltimore, Maryland , to man, fit out, and command USS Nautilus 1799 6 , and when .... Thereafter, Tripoli became the focus of Preble s attention. Somers service as commanding officer of Nautilus ..., Somers assumed command of fire ship USS Intrepid 1798 Intrepid which had been fitted out as a floating ... prematurely, killing Somers and his entire crew of volunteers. Somers is buried near Tripoli in Libya .... Since 1804, six ships of the US Navy have successively been named the USS Somers USS Somers in his honor. The towns of Somers, New York , located in Westchester County, and Somers Point, NJ , his birth place in Atlantic County, were also named in his honor. Every year there is a Richard Somers Day celebration in Somers Point, NJ, which is co sponsored by LibertyandProsperity.org and the Somers ... viewarticle&id 625 Richard Somers is a homegrown American hero http www.acalltothesea.com A Call to the Sea Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution DEFAULTSORT Somers, Richard Category 1770s ... Category University of Pennsylvania alumni nl Richard Somers ... more details
George Somers Clarke 1841 &ndash 1926 ref archINFORM arch 27396 , accessed 2007 08 10 ref was an architect and England English Egyptology Egyptologist , who worked at a number of sites throughout Egypt , notably in El Kab, where he built a house. He was born in Brighton , and died in Egypt . wikisource Author Somers Clarke Somers Clarke As an architect he worked in partnership with J T Micklethwaite from offices at 15 Dean s Yard, Westminster. Works 1885 Church of St John The Divine, Gainsborough ref The Builder, Vol 46, 1884, p932 ref 1885 Churct at Wimbledon proposed ref The Builder, December 5, 1885, p792 ref 1892 St Saviours Church, Folkestone, Kent ref The Builder, October 6, 1892 ref References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Clarke, Somers ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1841 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1926 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Clarke, Somers Category 1841 births Category 1926 deaths Category British Egyptologists UK archaeologist stub Egyptologist stub fr Somers Clarke ... more details
Infobox Musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Harry Somers Img Harry Somers.JPG Img alt Img capt Img size Landscape Background non performing personnel Birth name Alias Born Birth date 1925 09 11 br Toronto , Ontario , Canada Died Death date and age 1999 03 09 1925 09 11 br Toronto , Ontario , Canada Origin Instrument Voice type Genre Occupation Years active Label Associated acts URL Current members Past members Notable instruments Harry Stewart Somers , Order of Canada CC September 11, 1925 &ndash March 9, 1999 was the foremost English Canadian composer of his period. He was born in middle class Toronto in 1925 but did not become interested in music until his early teenage years, when he met a doctor and his wife, both pianists, who introduced him to classical music. He started to compose at this time with virtually no formal theory or composition training. In 1942, Somers came under the influence of John Weinzweig , an avant garde composer in a community which was still ... as he encouraged them to explore dodecaphony . After World War II , Somers continued his work with Weinzweig ... of study in Paris . It was there that Somers heard and was influenced by the music of Boulez and Messiaen ... influence his later music. Returning home to Toronto in 1950 Somers worked as a music copyist while ... , concerning the M tis leader who was executed in 1885, was one of Somers major works of the sixties. Somers had an eclectic, personal approach to 20th century styles and composed a large body ... Zinck, Andrew M. 1993. Bridging the Gap The Operas of Harry Somers. SoundNotes. SN4 14 24. External links http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm TCE&Params U1ARTU0003267 Harry Somers at The Canadian Encyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Harry ... 9, 1999 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Harry Category 1925 births Category 1999 deaths Category ... Juno Award winners da Harry Somers fr Harry Somers nl Harry Somers ... more details
Charles Somers aka Charles W. Somers, born October 13, 1868 in Newark, Ohio June 29, 1934 Put in Bay, Ohio was an United States American executive in Cleveland, Ohio s coal industry who also achieved prominence in Major League Baseball . The financial resources from his business interests allowed Somers to become one of the principal founders of baseball s American League in 1901. At the insistence of league president Ban Johnson , Somers and Jack Kilfoyl, who owned a popular Cleveland men s furnishings ... president and treasurer, while Somers was its vice president and main financier. Somers was also ..., Somers was also the American League s vice president during the trade war for independence of and equality ... ref Somers money helped keep some American League teams afloat in their first years, including the Baltimore ... Mack s Philadelphia Athletics . ref Lewis, op cit, p. 37 43. ref Somers sold his interest in the Boston ... to Somers. ref Lewis, op cit, p. 63 ref Somers invested in one of the first baseball minor league ... Somers transferred his Toledo Mud Hens to Cleveland to share League Park . This was done to keep ... to player manager Nap Lajoie , was renamed the Cleveland Indians . Although Somers had kept ... attendance at League Park, along with other investments that did not work out, put Somers in a precarious financial position. In 1916, although the Fed had disbanded, it was too late to save Somers ... Depression his estate was worth approximately 3 million. ref Lewis, op cit, p. 77 ref Somers ... wife, Mary Alice Gilbert, survived him. Somers died at Put in Bay , OH. References reflist External links http ech.case.edu ech cgi article.pl?id SCW Encyclopedia of Cleveland History SOMERS, CHARLES ... Cleveland Indians owners Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Somers, Charles ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Somers, Charles Category Baseball executives Category Cleveland Indians ... Minor league baseball executives Category American sports businesspeople fr Charles Somers ... more details
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