exhibitions of modern art. He was founder member of the Kendal Sketch Club and was an active member of the Society of Modern Artists, the Lakes Artists' Society between 1918–1924 and the Contemporary Art Society. Publication Commerce as a Vocation in Essays on Vocation, Matthews, Davies and Osler (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1919 Death Somervell died at his home, Brantfield, Kendal on 26 September 1934 aged 74. He had suffered from ill-health in the last years of his life. References 1860 births 1934 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910–1918 People from Kendal Politics of Cumbria Politics of West Yorkshire English philanthropists English businesspeople English Congregationalists