William Sotheron

Sotherton spent most of his career in the military serving from 1770 to 1797 rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the West Yorkshire militia and Royal Horse Guards.^[1]

Sotherton lived in Darrington, Pontefract. He married his wife, Sarah Shepley, 19 December 1793. He died on 31 January 1806.^[1]