363:
25:
244:
three days with the laird of
Cathcart, till the country was clear, and then returned to Cambusnethan. Cromwell, however, had rapidly regarrisoned Hamilton, and was making the country dangerous for the Royalists. Somerville and his father therefore retired over the Forth, and were present at the coronation of Charles II at
296:
By his first wife, who died in 1676, Somerville had three sons: James, born 26 Aug. 1652; John; and George. On 15 March 1685 he married, secondly, Margaret
Jamieson, and had issue a daughter Margaret (b. 1686) and a son Hugh (b. 1688). The Somerville title remained in abeyance until it was recovered
263:
When
Charles II decided to march into England, Somerville senior removed his son from the royal guard, to keep him in Scotland. The army's line of march passed within a short distance of the Corhouse, where Martha Bannatyne, Somerville's bethrothed, was living; she sent Somerville junior a message,
243:
Four
Cromwellian regiments of cavalry (Lord Kirkcudbright's, Colonel Strachan's, Ker's, and Halkett's), then made a night march on Hamilton, and occupied the town, but, after a sharp encounter, were driven out and dispersed the next morning. Somerville, after sending a message to Montgomery, spent
211:
After Dunbar, Somerville returned to
Cambusnethan, and found it partially occupied by levies of the Presbyterian Association, with whom he had a sharp skirmish. Then in company with Bannatyne of Corhouse, his intended father-in-law, he went north to
192:. The death of both his younger brothers in 1647 left him the only heir male of his house, and his parents said that he should never leave Scotland. In 1648 his father, having purchased from a cousin the old family seat at
288:, written mainly for his sons. The two folio volumes remained unprinted among the family papers until 1815, when they were edited by Sir Walter Scott, and published with notes and corrections (Edinburgh, 2 vols.).
220:, who was in command of a body of cavalry that was designed either to operate against, or come to terms with, the Association levies under Colonels Gilbert Ker and Archibald Strachan. After Montgomery had passed
298:
264:
prompted by
Somerville senior. He came and was shut until the army was too far off to be rejoined. The couple married at Lesmahagow church on 13 November 1651, after the Royalist defeat at the
376:
217:
276:
The death of his father on 3 January 1677 left
Somerville as the successor to the family peerage; but, like his father, he declined to assume the title. He died in 1690.
200:'s advance into Scotland, the match was put off. The Scots levies concentrated at Edinburgh. Somerville went there with his father, and served in the retinue of the
42:
89:
204:, captain of the king's guard of horse. He saw service, at most of the military actions which took place between the two armies, including the
61:
201:
68:
233:
75:
253:
249:
57:
228:, he gave Somerville a commission to discover if the Association forces were willing to come to an agreement. He went to
169:
196:
in
Lanarkshire, moved there from The Drum, and arranged for his son's marriage with Martha Bannatyne of Corhouse. After
108:
381:
344:
82:
46:
338:
237:
413:
125:
408:
185:
216:
where
Charles II held court. Towards the end of November he returned with his cousin, Major-general
152:(by right, tenth Lord Somerville) and Lilias, second daughter of Sir James Bannatyne of Newhall, a
205:
35:
156:. James's father had gained military experience in France, as an officer in the Scots guard of
161:
403:
398:
8:
265:
149:
337:
173:
260:. Somerville's father placed him in the king's guard, again only as a volunteer.
245:
213:
197:
153:
129:
392:
367:
248:
on 1 January 1651. With other
Royalists they then paid their respects to the
232:, and arrived in time to take part in a concentration of Royalist forces on
193:
133:
165:
145:
372:
333:
157:
124:(1632–1690) was a Scottish family historian. A youthful soldier of the
284:
Somerville collated the records of his family, and completed in 1679
257:
225:
24:
366: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
221:
172:, and with the rank of major had a leading command at the siege of
229:
189:
132:, but wrote an extensive work on his ancestry, later edited by
148:, he was eldest and only surviving son of James Somerville of
176:
in 1640. James joined his father's company at this siege.
236:, which was intended to check Cromwell's advance on
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
128:, he like his father declined to claim the title
390:
385:. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
348:. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
184:In 1645 the teenage Somerville was present at
268:, with James Somerville still 18 years old.
179:
188:'s first cavalry muster on the Gleds Muir,
144:Baptised on 24 January 1632 at Newhall in
164:in 1639, the elder Somerville joined the
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
58:"James Somerville" family historian
391:
299:James Somerville, 13th Lord Somerville
328:
326:
324:
322:
320:
318:
316:
314:
16:Scottish family historian (1632–1690)
47:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
371:
332:
13:
311:
14:
425:
382:Dictionary of National Biography
361:
345:Dictionary of National Biography
23:
34:needs additional citations for
286:The Memorie of the Somervilles
1:
271:
139:
7:
10:
430:
126:Wars of the Three Kingdoms
339:"Somerville, James"
291:
180:Campaign against Cromwell
160:. On the outbreak of the
304:
279:
224:and was on the road to
297:by a great-grandson,
168:levies under General
208:(3 September 1650).
43:improve this article
266:Battle of Worcester
252:, who was with the
256:at the Struthers,
162:First Bishops' War
414:Scottish soldiers
377:Somerville, James
218:Robert Montgomery
119:
118:
111:
93:
421:
409:Scottish writers
386:
365:
364:
350:
349:
341:
330:
254:Earl of Crawford
250:Duke of Hamilton
206:Battle of Dunbar
202:Earl of Eglinton
174:Edinburgh Castle
170:Alexander Leslie
122:James Somerville
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
429:
428:
424:
423:
422:
420:
419:
418:
389:
388:
375:, ed. (1898). "
362:
354:
353:
331:
312:
307:
294:
282:
274:
198:Oliver Cromwell
182:
154:lord of session
142:
130:Lord Somerville
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
427:
417:
416:
411:
406:
401:
352:
351:
336:, ed. (1898).
309:
308:
306:
303:
293:
290:
281:
278:
273:
270:
181:
178:
141:
138:
117:
116:
99:September 2019
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
426:
415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
396:
394:
387:
384:
383:
378:
374:
369:
368:public domain
359:
358:
347:
346:
340:
335:
329:
327:
325:
323:
321:
319:
317:
315:
310:
302:
300:
289:
287:
277:
269:
267:
261:
259:
255:
251:
247:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
209:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
177:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
137:
135:
131:
127:
123:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
380:
360:
356:
355:
343:
295:
285:
283:
275:
262:
242:
210:
194:Cambusnethan
186:David Leslie
183:
143:
134:Walter Scott
121:
120:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
404:1690 deaths
399:1632 births
373:Lee, Sidney
357:Attribution
334:Lee, Sidney
166:covenanting
146:Lanarkshire
393:Categories
272:Later life
158:Louis XIII
140:Early life
69:newspapers
258:Fifeshire
226:Dumbarton
238:Hamilton
222:Stirling
150:The Drum
370::
230:Renfrew
190:Tranent
83:scholar
292:Family
234:Ruglen
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
305:Notes
280:Works
246:Scone
214:Perth
90:JSTOR
76:books
62:news
379:".
45:by
395::
342:.
313:^
301:.
240:.
136:.
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
