John Somers was a lawyer and politician was an important figure involved in the union of England and Scotland as well as the Hanoverian succession.
Reference:
Stuart Handley, “Somers, John, Baron Somers (1651-1716)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26002, accessed 2 June 2011].
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