Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet (1772 – 11 July 1831) was an

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politician. Somerville was the son of Sir James Quaile Somerville, 3rd Baronet and Catherine Crofton. He was the Member of Parliament for

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in the

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in 1800, before sitting for its successor constituency in the

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until his death in 1831.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.123 (Retrieved 30 October 2022). He was a Whig. In 1800, Somerville succeeded to his father's

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. He married Mary Anne Meredyth, daughter of Richard Gorges-Meredyth, on 11 August 1801 and they had two sons, the eldest being William Somerville.

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