Thomas Somers-Cocks

Thomas Somers-Cocks (5 February 1815 – 30 August 1899) was a British Conservative Party Lord Somers as head of the family was chosen as his godfather. His father's oldest sister, Mrs Vernon, became his godmother. He received his education at Christ Church, Oxford, but did not obtain a degree. He was re-elected in 1852, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1857 general election.

Death and commemoration His wife died in the 1894 influenza epidemic. Cocks died on 30 August 1899 at Thames Bank, Great Marlow. Mount Somers / Te Kiekie, a mountain in the foothills of the Southern Alps, was named after him. Subsequently, the name Mount Somers was used for a nearby village and a railway branch line.