William Lorne Northmore Somerville
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William Lorne Northmore Somerville Q.C. |
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| 46th President of the Canadian Bar Association | |
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In office 1974–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Neil McKelvey, Q.C. |
| Succeeded by | Irwin Dorfman, Q.C. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 24, 1921 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | June 10, 2009 (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Mary |
| Children | Nanci, Sarah, Bill, David and Frederick |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Canadian Army |
| Years of service | 1943 - 1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit |
Royal Canadian Artillery Royal Canadian Intelligence Corps United States Military Intelligence Corps (secondment) |
William Lorne Northmore Somerville, Q.C. (1921–2009), was a Canadian lawyer from Toronto, Canada. He spent his career in private practice with the firm of Borden & Elliot, one of Canada's largest law firms (now Borden Ladner Gervais). For the last ten years of his career, he served as chairman of the firm. He also served as President of the Canadian Bar Association from 1974 to 1975.
Somerville was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1921. His parents were William Lorne and Olive Triscott Somerville, and he had one brother, John.
He and his first wife had five children: Nanci, Sarah, Bill, David and Frederick. He married his second wife, Mary, in 1988.
Somerville was a lifelong member of the Church of England in Canada (now the Anglican Church of Canada). He was a Church Warden of the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto from 1977 to 1980.
Somerville attended the Collingwood Collegiate Institute in Collingwood, Ontario, graduating in 1939. He then attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1943. He interrupted his education to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II. Upon his return to Canada, he studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1948.
After graduating from Trinity College in 1943, Somerville volunteered for the Canadian Armed Forces. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Canadian Army, initially posted to the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was later transferred to the Royal Canadian Intelligence Corps. In 1944 he was seconded to the United States Army and assigned to the United States Military Intelligence Corps in Washington, D.C. He went through an intensive course to learn Japanese and served with the United States Army as part of the occupation forces in Japan. He returned to Canada in 1946.
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