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Annesley Somerville

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Sir Annesley Ashworth Somerville (1858 – 15 May 1942) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Somerville was born in County Cork in Ireland and was educated at Queen's College, Cork, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Mathematical Scholar. He then became a schoolmaster, first at Wellington College and then at Eton College. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor at the 1922 general election, and served until he died in office in 1942.

References

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Windsor
19221942
Succeeded by