Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet

General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet KCB GCH (30 July 1776 – 9 March 1853) was a British Army officer and politician.

Sir Edward Kerrison KCB GCH Bt
Portrait of Kerrison by Robert Mendham
Born	30 July 1776 Staithe House, Bungay, Suffolk
Died	9 March 1853(1853-03-09) (aged 76) 13 Great Stanhope Street, London
Buried	Hoxne Hall
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1796–1853
Rank	General
Commands	7th Light Dragoons
Battles / wars	French Revolutionary Wars Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland Battle of Bergen Battle of Alkmaar Battle of Castricum Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Benavente (WIA) Battle of the Nive Battle of Sauveterre Battle of Orthez (WIA) Battle of Toulouse Hundred Days Battle of Waterloo (WIA) Siege of Cambrai
Awards	Army Gold Medal Military General Service Medal
Spouse(s)	Mary Ellice ​ (m. 1813⁠–⁠1853)​

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

Monument in Hoxne Church to Agnes-Burrell Kerrison (Lady Bateman), youngest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Kerrison and wife of William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman, who was "the last surviving member of her branch of the Kerrison family"

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 13 May 1854.