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 EDWARD DERING,

PURITAN DIVINE.

Edward Dering or Deering, was a native of Kent, being the third son of John Dering, Esq., of Surrenden. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he was chosen Fellow in 1568. In the following year he was chosen Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1569 he obtained the living of Pluckley, in his native county, and became Chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk. He was an eloquent preacher, and a learned disputant. He wrote many controversial treatises, which were published collectively in 1614.

[See "Haslewood's Genealogical Memoranda," "Strype's Annals," and "Neal's History of the Puritans."]

SIR EDWARD DERING,

POLITICIAN.

Although Hasted, in his history of Kent, says that this gentleman "was born in the Tower of London," yet, as most of his biographers call him a "native of Kent," his name is inserted here. His family is certainly one of the oldest and most eminent in the county, being descended from ancestors who held lands there before the Conquest. Sir Edward Dering was Lieutenant of Dover Castle in 1623, was created a Baronet in 1626, and subsequently represented the county in Parliament. There "the levity of his disposition and his vanity to display his learning got