Researching David Somerset
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 406 people with the Somerset surname? In that year Somerset was ranked number 3173 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Somerset on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Somerset and the Somerset Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Somerset Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Somerset family tree.
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Research the Somerset surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Somerset Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 500 people with the Somerset surname in the UK? Somerset is now ranked number 3569 for popularity in the UK. |
Somerset Genealogy Databases
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Somerset Forums
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on David Somerset. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Somerset
David Somerset (banker)
David Henry FitzRoy Somerset (19 June 1930 – 25 October 2014) was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England for 1980 to 1988. The signature of the Chief Cashier appears on British banknotes. Somerset was replaced as Chief Cashier by Malcolm Gill.
Somerset was the grandson of the third Baron Raglan. He was educated at Mount House School (now known as Mount Kelly) in Tavistock, Devon and Wellington College. He graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1956.
Somerset married Ruth Ivy Wildbur in 1955. They had two children:* Louise Charlotte Somerset b. 28 August 1956* Henry Robert Fitzroy Somerset b. 13 February 1961.
The family lived at White Wickets, Boarshead, near Crowborough.
In later life, he was made an emeritus fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1997 to 2014, and fellow 1988–97.
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