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NameJohn Somerville Lord Somerville 
[60, Argyll article, Vol I, p. 198], [60, Somerville article, Vol XII/1, pp. 93-4], [73, Somerville article, Vol VIII, pp. 11-12], [73, Argyll article, Vol I, p. 332], [73, Hepburn, earl of Bothwell article, Vol I, p. 141], [169, His own article]
[60, Argyll article, Vol I, p. 198], [60, Somerville article, Vol XII/1, pp. 93-4], [73, Somerville article, Vol VIII, pp. 11-12], [73, Argyll article, Vol I, p. 332], [73, Hepburn, earl of Bothwell article, Vol I, p. 141], [169, His own article]DeathNov 1491
BurialCollege aisle of Carnwath church
General1st s. 2nd lord. One of the abductors of James III (pardoned).
FatherWilliam Somerville Lord Somerville (ca1400-1456)
MotherJanet Mowat (-<1458)
Notes for John Somerville Lord Somerville
m. (1) Helen Hepburn, (2) Mariota Baillie
A leader at the victorious battle of Sark, 1449.
A leader at the victorious battle of Sark, 1449.
DNB Main notes for John Somerville Lord Somerville
John Somerville, second Lord Somerville (c.1430–1491)
Their eldest son, John Somerville, second Lord Somerville (c.1430–1491), fought among the successful Scottish forces against the English at the battle of Sark on 23 October 1449. He was seldom at court after he succeeded his father, but he took part in the abduction of the young James III from Linlithgow to Edinburgh on 9 July 1466, for which he, Robert, Lord Boyd (d. 1482), and others were pardoned later that year. He regularly attended parliament, served occasionally on the king's council or as an auditor of causes, like his father, and was himself a frequent litigant there. He married first Helen, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes, on 10 July 1446. They had probably two daughters and a son, William, who married Marjory Montgomery, sister of Hugh Montgomery, earl of Eglinton; William predeceased his father in 1491, and his sons John and Hugh succeeded as third and fourth lords Somerville. The second Lord Somerville married again in March 1456, and he and his second wife, Marion (fl. 1456–1506), daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, had at least one son and two daughters. Somerville had one further daughter, but it is not known whether Helen or Marion was her mother. He died in November 1491 and was also buried at Carnwath. Marion outlived him and about 1496 married John Ross, first Lord Ross of Hawkhead, from whom she obtained a divorce; she was still alive in January 1506.
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Their eldest son, John Somerville, second Lord Somerville (c.1430–1491), fought among the successful Scottish forces against the English at the battle of Sark on 23 October 1449. He was seldom at court after he succeeded his father, but he took part in the abduction of the young James III from Linlithgow to Edinburgh on 9 July 1466, for which he, Robert, Lord Boyd (d. 1482), and others were pardoned later that year. He regularly attended parliament, served occasionally on the king's council or as an auditor of causes, like his father, and was himself a frequent litigant there. He married first Helen, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes, on 10 July 1446. They had probably two daughters and a son, William, who married Marjory Montgomery, sister of Hugh Montgomery, earl of Eglinton; William predeceased his father in 1491, and his sons John and Hugh succeeded as third and fourth lords Somerville. The second Lord Somerville married again in March 1456, and he and his second wife, Marion (fl. 1456–1506), daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, had at least one son and two daughters. Somerville had one further daughter, but it is not known whether Helen or Marion was her mother. He died in November 1491 and was also buried at Carnwath. Marion outlived him and about 1496 married John Ross, first Lord Ross of Hawkhead, from whom she obtained a divorce; she was still alive in January 1506.
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