Philip Hodge Somerville (1812 - 1863)

Born 28 Sep 1812 in Stoke Damarel, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Cumings) Somerville — married 23 May 1859 in Dublin, Ireland

Died 13 May 1863 at age 50 in Exmouth, Devon, England

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Biography

SOMERVILLE. (COMMANDER, 1842. F-P,. 16; H-P., 5)

PHILIP HODGE SOMERVILLE is son of Retired Commander Geo. Field Somerville, R.N. This officer entered the Royal Naval College 2 Feb. 1826; and embarked, 29 Dec. 1827, as a Volunteer, on board the MERSEY 26, Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, fitting for the West Indies. In Jan. 1828 he removed to the MAIDSTONE 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Skipsey, at the Cape of Good Hope; where he became Midshipman, in Jan. 1829, of the SPARROWHAWK 18, Capt. Thos. Sanders. That vessel being paid off in the ensuing April, he was appointed, in May of the same year, Admiralty Midshipman of the ARIADNE 28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, stationed in the Channel. He was employed next-from 9 Aug. 1829 until 3 March 1832, in the NIMROD 20, Capt. Sam. Radford, on the coast of Ireland-from 30 March, 1832, until 16 May, 1833, as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination 28 Oct. 1832) in the CALEDONIA 120, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, stationed off Lisbon during the war between Pedro and Miguel-from 18 May, 1833, until 15 Sept. 1837, again in the CALEDONIA under the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Sir Josias Rowley-and from 10 May, 1838, until 16 Jan. 1839, a second time off Lisbon, in the RUSSELL 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon. He obtained his first commission 10 Jan 1840; served from 19 Feb. following until he invalided 21 Oct. 1841, the greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the PERSIAN 16, Capts. Wm. Henry Quin and Thos. Rodney Eden, on the coast of Africa; and on 26 Feb. 1842, was appointed to his former ship the CALEDONIA, bearing the flags of Sir Graham Moore and Sir David Milne at Plymouth. While attached to the PERSIAN he was much employed in her boats, and was in command of them at the capture, 23 June, 1841, after a severe action and a loss of 2 men killed and 1 wounded, of’ the piratical slaver Astræa. For this service he was eventually promoted to the rank of Commander 24 June, 1842. His last appointment was, 31 Jan. 1846, to the WANDERER 12, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was superseded in Feb. 1847. AGENTS-Messrs. Chard.

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• Name: Philip Hodge Somerville

Birth Date: 28 Sep 1812 Enrolment Date: 27 Oct 1832 Rank: Commander URL: http://discovery.nationalarchi...

First name(s) Philip Hodge Last name Somerville Baptism year 1812 Baptism date 27 Nov 1812 Denomination Anglican Place Stoke Damerel Father's first name(s) George Field Mother's first name(s) Mary Ann Mother's last name - County Devon Country England Archive Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Archive reference 166/9 Archive event Baptism registers Page 148 Record set Devon Baptisms Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Collection

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Name: Philip Hodge Somerville Date of Registration: 1859 Registration district: Dublin South, Ireland Volume: 5 Page Number: 317 FHL Film Number: 101247 Records on Page: Name Samuel McKeever James Mathewson Ellen Wylie Charlotte Cluff Henry Nesbitt Samuel McKeever Catherine Cunning Philip Hodge Somerville Anne Riely Source Information Ancestry.com. Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Marriages in Ireland with Index to Marriages.".------------- Will - left to widow Catherine Name: Philip Hodge Somerville Death Date: 13 May 1863 Death Place: Devon, England Probate Date: 1 Jul 1863 Probate Registry: Principal Registry Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.