Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet
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and baronet
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He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet of Pluckley, Kent by his second marriage to Anne, sister of John Ashburnham. He was admitted as a fellow-commoner to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge...
of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley
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, Kent
Kent
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and his wife Mary Harvey
Lady Mary Dering
Lady Mary Dering was an English composer. She was daughter of Daniel Harvey of Combe, Croydon, Surrey, a turkey merchant in London Lady Mary Dering (née Harvey) (bap. 3 September 1629 – 7 February 1704) was an English composer. She was daughter of Daniel Harvey of Combe, Croydon, Surrey, a...
, a composer and niece of Dr. William Harvey
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Like his father and grandfather before him, Dering served as an MP for the County of Kent
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; he sat in the last three parliaments of Charles II, between 1678/9 and 1681 (the Oxford Parliament
Oxford Parliament (1681)
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). His father was still living, and MP for Hythe
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at the time, so the son was returned as Edward Dering Esq
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On the death of his father in 1684, Dering succeeded to the baronetcy; but died only five years later, aged 39. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet of Whitby
Whitby
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, by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Savile of Methley
Methley
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, both in Yorkshire
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; she was coheiress to her brother Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 3rd Baronet, who had died as a child. The given name
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Cholmeley was often used in the Dering family from this point, the first being their son Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet
Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet
Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet was an English politician and duellist.He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet of Surrenden in Pluckley, Kent by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet of Whitby, Yorkshire...
. Lady Dering died 20 October 1704; both she and her husband were buried at Pluckley.