Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Bt, by William Salter

General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, GCH KCB (30 July 1776 9 March 1853) was a British Army officer and politician.

Kerrison was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Light Dragoons, saw service during the Peninsular War and commanded his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo.[1]

Along with Charles Wetherell, he petitioned parliament over electoral malpractice in the parliamentary elections for Shaftesbury, Dorset.[2]

Kerrison was the only son of Matthias Kerrison (1742–1827), who was a prosperous merchant and property investor, and his wife, Mary née Barnes. He was born at his father's property, Hoxne Hall, near Bungay, Suffolk, on 30 July 1776.[3]

Issue

His son Edward Clarence succeeded to the baronetcy on his death while his daughters were as follows:[4]

Notes

  1. Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 65.
  2. Journals of the House of Commons, Volume 68 p 12 1812-1813
  3. T. Seccombe, R. Stearn. "Kerrison, Sir Edward". ODNB. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  4. Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Bateman-Robson
and Hudson Gurney
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
18131818
With: Charles Wetherell
Succeeded by
John Morritt
and Henry Shepherd
Preceded by
William Bateman
and Earl Compton
Member of Parliament for Northampton
18181820
With: Earl Compton
Succeeded by
Sir George Robinson, Bt
and William Maberly
Preceded by
Sir Robert Gifford
and Sir Miles Nightingall
Member of Parliament for Eye
18241852
With: Sir Miles Nightingall to 1829
Philip Sidney 1829-31
William Burge 1831-32
(one member from 1832)
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hosne and Brome, Co. Suffolk)
18211853
Succeeded by
Edward Kerrison


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