Thomas Somers-Cocks

Thomas Somers-Cocks (5 February 1815 – 30 August 1899) was a British Conservative Party[1] politician and a banker.

She was the daughter of Charles Griffith-Wynne and the sister of Charlotte Griffith Wynne, who married John Robert Godley.

[2] They had three children: Thomas Somers Vernon (1850–1932), Alfred Heneage (1851 – ca 1930/31) and Alice Agneta (1853–1899).

[5] He attended the inaugural meeting of the Canterbury Association on 27 Mar 1848, joined the management committee and became the banker for the group.

[10] Mount Somers / Te Kiekie, a mountain in the foothills of the Southern Alps, was named after him.