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Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville
Vice-Admiral Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville (7 September 1863 – 24 March 1936) was an Irish naval officer and author who served in the Royal Navy. He was also an author author who wrote on maritime topics as well as ethnography and archaeology. Somerville was murdered by the Irish Republican Army in 1936. Early life and naval career Boyle Somerville was born at Castletownshend, Co. Cork. His father was Thomas Henry Somerville and his mother was Adelaide Eliza Coghill. Somerville joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1877. His first service was in South America in 1880, and then in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. He then spent four years on the China Station. He trained as a Hydrographic Surveyor, choosing this branch of the Navy because promotion prospects were good, and because it offered opportunities for a much freer existence than the "intolerable uniformity" that he saw as typical of much Navy life. As a lieutenant, Somerville worked on the surveys of the Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castletownshend
Castletownshend (, literally "town of the castle") is a village about south-east of Skibbereen, in County Cork, Ireland. The village developed around a small 17th-century castle built by Richard Townsend, whose descendants still reside there. Architecture The main street of the town, lined with large homes from the 18th century, runs down a sharply sloped hill leading to Castlehaven Harbour and the castle. The Church of St Barrahane, built in 1826, overlooks the town. Its main architect was James Pain. This replaced the original church built in 1761. It is noted for its stained glass windows; the east window by Harry Clarke, was given to the church in 1915 in memory of Mr and Mrs Somerville by their grandchildren. The window in the south wall of the chancel and the third window on the south side are also by Clarke. The eastern window on the north side, the easternmost window on the south side and the second window on the south side are all by Powell's of London. In the chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
