James Somerville, 2nd Baron Athlumney

He was the son of William Meredyth Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney and Maria Georgiana Elizabeth Jones, was baptised on 25 April 1865 at Kentstown, County Meath, Ireland, and was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.

He succeeded to his family's titles on the death of his father, the first Baron Athlumney, on 7 December 1873.

After he retired from the regular army, he was appointed captain in the Kent Artillery Militia on 27 January 1897.

[1] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he again volunteered for active service,[2] leaving Southampton for South Africa on the SS Tantallon Castle in early March 1900.

He died on 8 January 1929, at age 63, at Somerville, County Meath, Ireland, without lawful issue.