Kenelm Somerville, 17th Lord Somerville

He inherited the title of Lord Somerville from his brother in 1842 and died at Newbold Comyn in 1864 at the age of 76.

[1][2] He was educated at Rugby School and joined the Royal Navy in May 1801 as a volunteer on board the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Mars.

[1][2][3] The family seat was at Drum House, near Edinburgh, Scotland, as the ancestral home of the Lord Somerville peerage.

Mars was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough and in her Somerville served in the English Channel until September.

At this point he transferred to the brand new 32-gun frigate HMS Narcissus, serving in her in the North and Mediterranean seas.

[1] By July 1803 Somerville had been promoted to midshipman, and in this month he participated in Narcissus's capture of the French 16-gun corvette Alcyon and then served on the blockade of Toulon.

[1][3] He left Narcissus in December 1804 and after spending a brief period of time on half pay he joined the 32-gun frigate HMS Medusa in February 1805.