Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet explained

General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, (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]

Marriage and issue

At St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, on 20 Oct 1810,^[4] Edward Kerrison married Mary Martha Ellice, a daughter of Alexander Ellice, a merchant who had made a fortune in the North American fur trade and transatlantic slave trade. Thus he had as a brother-in-law Edward Ellice, merchant and politician in Earl Grey's government. He had the following issue:^[5]

• Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet, son and heir;
• Anna Kerrison, who married John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker in 1836.
• Emily-Harriet Kerrison, who married Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1834.
• Agnes-Burrell Kerrison, who married William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman on 13May 1854.

Notes and References

1. Book: Dalton, Charles . 1904 . The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes . London . Eyre and Spottiswoode . 65.
2. Journals of the House of Commons, Volume 68 p 12 1812-1813
3. T. Seccombe, R. Stearn. Kerrison, Sir Edward. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/15472. 2010-02-11.
4. parish register
5. Book: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke. Bernard. Bernard Burke. 1869. Harrison. London. 636.