Cholmeley Dering (1766–1836), of

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and

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, was an English politician. Howletts-house

Family

He was the second son of

Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet (28 September 1732 – 8 December 1798) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1787. He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Dering, 5th Baronet and Elizabeth Henshaw and was educate ...

. In 1799 he bought the recently built Howletts near Canterbury, Kent from Isaac Baugh. He married in 1789 Charlotte Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Joseph Yates and had one son.

Career

From 1794 he commanded a

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regiment, the New Romsey corps of Fencible cavalry initially as major, later as lieutenant-colonel. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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5 November 1817 - 1818.

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* 1766 births 1836 deaths Politicians from Brighton People from the City of Westminster UK MPs 1812–1818 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Younger sons of baronets {{England-UK-MP-stub