Sir Edward Cholmley Dering, 8th Baronet (19 November 1807 – 1 April 1896) was a British

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politician. He was born the only son of Edward Dering of Barham, Kent and Henrietta, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Nevill of Furness, County Kildare and educated at

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(1821–24) and

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(1827). He succeeded his father when only an infant in 1808 and his grandfather Sir Edward Dering, 7th Baronet of Surrenden Dering as the 8th baronet on 30 June 1811. He entered Parliament as the MP for Wexford Borough in 1830 and 1831, followed by

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in 1831 and Kent East from 1852 to 1857 and 1863 to 1868. He was

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for 1836–37. He married in 1832, the Hon. Jane Edwardes, daughter of

William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington (24 April 1777 – 10 August 1852), styled The Honourable William Edwardes until 1801, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was the instigator of the infamous ''Kensington Canal''. Kensington was ...

and had 6 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet Sir Henry Neville Dering, 9th Baronet, (21 September 1839 – 25 August 1906) was a British diplomat. Dering was the son of Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet, a Liberal Party politician. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1896. He was Envo ...

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