Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet (8 or 12 November 1625 – 24 June 1684) of Surrenden Dering,

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who sat in the

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at various times between 1660 and 1674.

Life

Dering was the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet of

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by his second marriage to Anne, sister of John Ashburnham. He was educated at Heathfield in 1632, Cripplegate, London under Thomas Farnaby in 1633, Throwley under Mr Craig from 1634 to 1637, and Woodford under Mr Copping from 1637 to 1639.History of Parliament Online – Dering, Edward
/ref> He was admitted as a fellow-commoner to

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in 1640 and transferred to

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in 1642 and was awarded BA in 1643. In 1644 he entered

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. He was 18 at the death of his father, who left a widow and several young children in 1644. He went to Leyden in 1644 and travelled abroad in the Netherlands and France until 1646. In April 1660 Dering was elected Member of Parliament for

in the Convention Parliament. He was appointed one of the six commissioners for executing the Irish Act of Settlement 1662 in July 1662 and was returned to the

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as Member of Parliament for

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. In 1670 he was elected MP for

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in a by-election to the

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. He was elected MP for Hythe in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. He was also appointed a commissioner of the

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in 1679. Dering died in London aged 58 and was buried at Pluckley.

Family

Dering married

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, daughter of Daniel Harvey (a brother of Dr

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) by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Kynnersley on 5 April 1648. They had 17 children, of whom 10 survived to adulthood. He was succeeded in his estates and title by his son Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet. Among the other children, Elizabeth was married to Sir Robert Southwell, by whom she is ancestral to

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; Catherine to Sir John Perceval, 3rd Baronet, by whom she was the mother of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont; Daniel, an Army officer, to Sir John's sister Helena Perceval; and Mary to Sir Thomas Knatchbull, 3rd Baronet.Haslewood, Rev. Francis (1876): ''Genealogical Memoranda of the Family of Dering''. London.

References

External links

findagrave.com memorial record

Parliamentary Archives, Parliamentary diary of Sir Edward Dering and related papers
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