Somers Limited is a London based corporate and institutional stockbroking group in which Somers Limited has a 75% interest. Merrion Capital is an independent Irish financial services firm in which Somers Limited has a 21.8% equity interest. Merrion has a number of revenue streams including Private Clients, Retail Asset Management, Fixed Income, Corporate Finance and Merrion Investment Management (“MIM”). The two main business lines are MIM (institutional asset management) and Private Clients/Stockbroking. West Hamilton Holdings Limited is a Bermuda Stock Exchange listed property investment and management company with property assets in Bermuda and in which Somers has a 57.1% equity interest. Other
Bonin Islands entirely different islands. On 12 September 1824 American Captain James Coffin in the "Transit" first visited the southern group of islands ("Coffin Islands"). He visited the archipelago again in 1825 but this time he arrived at the middle group of islands ("Beechey Group"). In September 1825, the British whaling ship "Supply" landed in the southern Bailey Group of islands. In 1826, another British whaler, the "William", arrived at Beechey Island. Whaling ships called on a regular basis, for water and turtles, before continuing their voyages. In 1827 Captain F. W. Beechey of reached the island chain and claimed them as