Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet

Sir Edward Cholmley Dering, 8th Baronet (19 November 1807 – 1 April 1896) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Biography He was born the only son of Edward Dering of Barham, Kent and Henrietta, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Nevill of Furness, County Kildare, and educated at Harrow school (1821–24) and Christ Church, Oxford (1827). He succeeded his father when only an infant in 1808 and his grandfather, Sir Edward Dering, 7th Baronet of Surrenden Dering, as the 8th baronet on 30 June 1811.

He entered Parliament as the MP for Wexford in 1830 and 1831, followed by New Romney in 1831 and Kent East from 1852 to 1857 and 1863 to 1868. He was High Sheriff of Kent for 1836–37.

He married in 1832, the Hon. Jane Edwardes, daughter of William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington, and had 6 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet.