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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 educated at the King's School, Canterbury, Westminster School and St John's College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father as 6th baronet in 1762, inheriting Surrenden House in Pluckley, Kent.
He was installed as the Member of Parliament for New Romney in 1761 but left Parliament in 1770 by accepting the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to supply a seat for John Morton, defeated at Abingdon. He returned to the seat in 1774 but in 1787 again left Parliament by accepting the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred, this time due to ill health, and did not stand for election again.
He died in 1798.
Family
He had married twice; firstly Selina, the daughter of Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet, M.P., of Waldershare, Kent, with whom he had a son and a daughter and secondly Deborah, the daughter of John Winchester, surgeon, with whom he had a further 3 sons and 2 daughters:
- Colonel Cholmeley Dering (died 1836) MP.
- Selina (c. 1756-19 Apr 1836); married Dr. Skinner Robert Baylis Dealtry. They had at least one son, George.
- Sir Edward (16 Feb 1757-30 June 1811); married Anne Hale, granddaughter of Sir Bernard Hale and Sir Charles Farnaby, 1st Baronet. They had three sons.
References
- "DERING, Edward (1732-98), of Surrenden Dering, nr. Ashford, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- "Dering, Edward (DRN750E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir Francis Dashwood Rose Fuller |
Member of Parliament for New Romney 1761–1770 With: Thomas Knight 1761–1768 Richard Jackson 1768–1770 |
Succeeded byRichard Jackson John Morton |
| Preceded byRichard Jackson John Morton |
Member of Parliament for New Romney 1774–1787 With: Richard Jackson 1774–1784 John Smith 1784 Richard Atkinson 1784–1785 John Henniker 1785–1787 |
Succeeded byJohn Henniker Richard Joseph Sullivan |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded byEdward Dering | Baronet (of Surrenden Dering) 1762–1798 |
Succeeded byEdward Dering |
- 1732 births
- 1798 deaths
- People from the Borough of Ashford
- People educated at The King's School, Canterbury
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Dering baronets
- Tory MPs (pre-1834)
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- British MPs 1761–1768
- British MPs 1768–1774
- British MPs 1774–1780
- British MPs 1780–1784
- British MPs 1784–1790
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge