Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet (8 or 12 November 1625 – 24 June 1684) of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1674.

Dering 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.

In 1670 he was elected MP for East Retford in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament.

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 Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall;[4] 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.

A portrait of Sir Edward Dering by John Greenhill
Surrenden Dering house c.1820