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Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, 2nd Baronet (2 January 1821 – 11 July 1886) was a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for the borough of Eye.

Biography

Kerrison was the eldest son of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Martha Ellice. He was born at The Wick, Brighton in 1821.

He married Lady Caroline Margaret Fox-Strangways, daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, on 23 July 1844, but had no children.

He succeeded his father in 1852 as Member of Parliament for the borough of Eye and as baronet the following year. He represented Eye until 1866 when he resigned[1] to successfully stand as the Conservative candidate in a by election in East Suffolk, although he resigned the next year.[2]

Described as a "Great friend of the agricultural laborers", he also took part in the building of a branch railway to Eye. He died at Brome Hall, Suffolk in 1886, and the baronetcy became extinct.

References

  • Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography v. 2. Netherton & Worth. p. 865. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Eye
1852–1866
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Suffolk
18661867
With: John Henniker-Major
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Wick House)
1853–1886
Extinct