Annesley Ashworth Somerville (16 November 1858 – 15 May 1942) was a schoolteacher turned politician. He taught for forty years before turning to politics, then for twenty years served as a
Conservative Party politician in the
United Kingdom
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.
Somerville was born at
Ballincollig
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in
County Cork
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in
Ireland
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and studied mathematics at
Queen's College, Cork
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(BA 1875), and at
Trinity College, Cambridge
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(BA 1880), where he was also a Mathematical Scholar. He then became a schoolmaster, first at
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and then at
Eton College
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.
He was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Windsor
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at the
1922 general election, and served until he died in office in 1942.
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1858 births
1942 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Windsor
UK MPs 1922–1923
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
Politicians from County Cork
Alumni of University College Cork
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Scientists from County Cork
19th-century Irish mathematicians
20th-century Irish mathematicians