Edwin Derrington

Edwin Henry Derrington (1 July 1830 – 14 October 1899) was a journalist and politician in colonial South Australia.

Early life Derrington was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the first son and fourth child of Edwin Derrington, a Dissenting minister, and his wife Susannah, née Buggins. and served as Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Henry Ayers Ministry from 22 January to 4 March 1872. Although Chief Justice Way appeared to consider Derrington guilty, the trial ended without the jury reaching agreement.

He was forced to resign his House of Assembly seat after a series of financial problems. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Gumeracha in 1887.

He died on 14 October 1899; contemporary obituaries were described by his biographer as sincere, in recognition of the energy and enthusiasm he had brought to public causes in the colony.