John Somers Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Somers, based on 4 World History Database records associated with England.

4 records1689–17004 events3 places

Chronological biography

1689

Member of Parliament1 1689

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament · Member of Parliament for Worcester · Worcester

Elected to the Convention Parliament as Member for Worcester

Declaration of Rights12 February 1689

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament · Whig lawyer and Member of Parliament · Westminster

Helps draft the Declaration of Rights for the Convention Parliament

1700

Dismissal1700

Government / Government of England · Lord · Lord Keeper · London

John Somers is removed from office as Lord Keeper amid party conflict.

Royal Society1700

Science / Royal Society · President of England · London

John Somers continues as President of the Royal Society.

Titles and roles

Lord · Lord Keeper · Member of Parliament · Member of Parliament for Worcester · Member of Parliament · Whig lawyer and Member of Parliament · President of England

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.