Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet
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 resaigned by becoming a Steward of the Manor of Northstead to stand for the East Suffolk seat. He was returned for East Suffolk, but resigned from Parliament the following year by taking becoming a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
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, Scole, Norfolk in 1886, and the baronetcy became extinct.
References
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- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets [self-published source][better source needed]
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Kerrison
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Eye 1852–1866 |
Succeeded by George Barrington |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for East Suffolk 1866–1867 With: John Henniker-Major |
Succeeded by John Henniker-Major Frederick Snowdon Corrance |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Baronet (of Wick House) 1853–1886 |
Extinct |
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- 1821 births
- 1886 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1857–59
- UK MPs 1859–65
- UK MPs 1865–68