SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR, EARL

OF (c. 1590-1645), Scots politician, whose great personal attractions won favor of James I.; held various offices of state; married notorious Counte of E ex; both convicted of poisoning Over bury. 2° 50’ W.), coast county, 8S. W. England; bounded N. by Bristol Channel and Gloucestershire, E. by Wilts, S. by Dorset and Devon, W. by Devon; area, 1,640 sq. miles. Surfaca is varied; cro ed by various ranges of hills, in and Brendon Hills; drained by Bristol streams; country town, Taunton. There are many traces of Roman occupation; Bath and Ilchester were well-known cities in Roman times; Druidical ae mains occur in various places, an human bones belonging to the Stone Age have been discovered in caves in the Mendips. S. was scene of Alfred’s struggle with the Danes, and in later times of Mon mouth’s: rebellion. Pop. 465,682.