page_title: Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet
hierarchical_section_title: Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet
caption_attribution_description: English: Edward Dering, 6th Bt. (1732-1798) enamel oval 3.3 cm signed c.r.: NH 1765 engraved: Sir Edward Dering. (6th Bart) of Surrenden-Dering. Kent. Born Sept. 20th 1732. Died Dec. 8th 1798.
context_page_description: Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Edward Dering, 6th Bt (1732-1798) (Nathaniel Hone, 1765)
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