Biography of Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet 1679-1711

Paternal Family Tree: Dering

Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208

Before 23 Jun 1679 [his father] Edward Dering 3rd Baronet (age 29) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cholmley Lady Dering (age 15) were married.

On 23 Jun 1679 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet was born to Edward Dering 3rd Baronet (age 29) and Elizabeth Cholmley Lady Dering (age 15).

On 15 Oct 1689 [his father] Edward Dering 3rd Baronet (age 39) died. He was buried at St Nicholas' Church, Pluckley. His son Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 10) succeeded 4th Baronet Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.

On 17 Jul 1704 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 25) and Ellen aka Mary Fisher Lady Dering (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.

In 1705 [his son] Edward Dering 5th Baronet was born to Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 25) and [his wife] Ellen aka Mary Fisher Lady Dering (age 18).

In 1705 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1708.

In 1707 [his wife] Ellen aka Mary Fisher Lady Dering (age 20) died.

On 07 Dec 1708 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Saltash at a by-election.

In 1710 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 30) was elected for both MP Kent and MP Saltash. He chose to sit for Kent.

On 09 May 1711 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 31) was killed in a duel at Tothill Fields [Map]. His son [his son] Edward Dering 5th Baronet (age 6) succeeded 5th Baronet Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent. The duel, unusually with pistols rather than swords, was with Richard Thornhill with whom Dering had argued in a pub near Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map] two days previously; Thornhill had afterwards sent Dering a note challenging him to a duel. Both pistols were fired but only Dering was hit. Richard Thornhill was tried for murder but convicted of the lesser offence of manslaughter. Thornhill was murdered three months later.

On 20 Aug 1711 Richard Thornhill was murdered at Turnham Green Chiswick by two men who allegedly invoked the name of Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet, who Thornhill had killed in a duel three months before, as they killed him

[his son] Cholmley Dering Dering was born to Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet.

Ancestors of Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet 1679-1711

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Dering 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Bell

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmonde Beaupré of Beaupré Hall Norfolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothie Beaupré

GrandFather: Edward Dering 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ashburnham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Beaumont of Coleorton in Leicestershire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Beaumont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Saunders

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Farnham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Farnham

Father: Edward Dering 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Daniel Harvey

GrandMother: Mary Harvey Lady Dering

Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Cholmley 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Cholmley 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Twysden

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Twysden 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wyatt 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Wyatt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Haute

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Twysden Lady Cholmley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Finch

Great x 3 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Finch Lady Twysden 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Elizabeth Cholmley Lady Dering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Savile

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Savile

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ramsden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ramsden

GrandMother: Katherine Savile Lady Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Royal Ancestors of Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet 1679-1711

Ancestors of Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet 1679-1711