Sir Edward Dering, 5th Baronet (1705 – 15 April 1762) was an English politician. Surrenden House

Early life

Edward Dering was the elder son and heir of

Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet (23 June 1679 – 9 May 1711) was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1711. He was killed in a duel after a fight at dinner. Early life Dering was the el ...

of Surrenden in Pluckley, Kent by his wife Ellen, only child of Edward Fisher of Mitcham,

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. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1711, while still a child, following his father's death in a

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; his mother had died in 1707. He entered Westminster School in 1719 and matriculated at

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on 31 January 1721/2, where he graduated MA on 17 December 1725.

Career

Dering's political career began when he stood for Member of Parliament for Kent in the election of 1727; he was unsuccessful on that occasion, but was returned unopposed in a by-election in 1733 following the death of Sir Robert Furnese. He retained the seat in the elections of 1734,

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and

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but was defeated in

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.History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1715-1754. (1970). Vol. i p. 611. Politically, Dering was a Tory, and consistently voted against the Whig government. He was to have had a seat at the

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had Frederick, Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne.

Personal life

Dering was married twice: firstly, 24 February 1727/8 at

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, Queen Square, London to Elizabeth daughter and coheiress of Charles Henshaw by his wife Elizabeth, daughter (and sole heiress in her issue) of Edward Roper of Well Hall, Eltham, great-great-grandson of William and Margaret Roper. She was buried at Pluckley 17 March 1734/5. Dering remarried some six months later, on 11 September 1735, at St Anne's Church, Soho, to Mary, widow of Henry Mompesson, and daughter and coheiress of Charles Fotherby of Barham Court, Kent, by Mary daughter of George Elcocke. She died on 16 December 1775.Cokayne, ''Complete Baronetage''; Haslewood ''Memoranda'' Sir Edward Dering died on 15 April, and was buried at Pluckley on 22 April 1762, leaving issue from both marriages. His heir was

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, his elder son by Elizabeth Henshaw.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dering, Sir Edward, 5th Baronet People from Pluckley Baronets in the Baronetage of England People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Tory MPs (pre-1834) 1705 births 1762 deaths British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754