Somerville, William [Somervile] (British, 1675–1742) 

"William Somerville (born Sept. 2, 1675, Colwich, Staffordshire, Eng.—died July 17, 1742, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire) was a British writer who, after studies directed toward a career at law, lived the life of a country gentleman, indulging in the field sports that were to make up the subject matter of his best-known poems, especially The Chace (1735)". [Encyclopaedia Britannica]