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. Somerville was born at

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in Ireland and studied mathematics at

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(BA 1875), and at

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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

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. He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for

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at the 1922 general election, and served until he died in office in 1942.

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