Sir Edward Dering, 5th Baronet

[1] He entered Westminster School in 1719 and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 31 January 1721/2, where he graduated MA on 17 December 1725.

[2] Dering's political career began when he stood for Member of Parliament for Kent in the election of 1727; he was unsuccessful on that occasion, but was returned unopposed in a by-election in 1733 following the death of Sir Robert Furnese.

He was to have had a seat at the Board of Trade had Frederick, Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne.

[3] Dering was married twice: firstly, 24 February 1727/8 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, London to Elizabeth[4] daughter and coheiress of Charles[5] Henshaw by his wife Elizabeth, daughter (and sole heiress in her issue) of Edward Roper of Well Hall, Eltham, great-great-grandson of William and Margaret Roper.

Dering remarried some six months later, on 11 September 1735, at St Anne's Church, Soho, to Mary, widow of Henry Mompesson, and daughter and coheiress of Charles Fotherby of Barham Court, Kent, by Mary daughter of George Elcocke.