Son of John Joseph Sibley Derham and Helena Petronella Verhagen; b. 23 Aug. 1959; ed. Training Ship Arethusa, Pangbourne Coll., and Pembroke Coll. Camb.; BA 1982, MA 1985; Cheam 1982-4; head of history and tutor Radley Coll. 1984-96; Head Master of Solihull Sch. 1996-2001; Head Master of Rugby Sch. 2001-14; succeeded as Head Master of the School Aug. 2014; Trustee, Arnold Foundation, SpringBoard Bursary Foundation, Gladstone Library; Vice Chair IntoUniversity; co-ed. Liberating Learning Widening Participation (2010), Cultural Olympians (2013); ed. Loyal Dissent (2016); m. 1982 Alison, d. of John Maxwell Sheardown.
DERHAM, ROGER, second son of Baldwin Derham, West Dereham, Norfolk, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of John Heath, Kepyer, co. Durham; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1588, adm. scholar 1589, matr. Lent 1588/9; BA 1592/3; MA 1596; BD 1608; DD 1615; Fellow of Peterhouse 1597, Bursar 1613-4; ordained deacon and priest 20 Feb 1602; Rector of Statham [check], Leics.; Vicar of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 1604-17; Rector of Great Casterton, Rutland 13 May 1618-21; Rector of Great Stukeley, Hunts., 1618; Rector of Braunstone, Leics., 1621; buried St Andrew Undershaft, London 7 Mar 1637/8.
DERING, CHARLES, elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his second wife; bapt. 13 Jul 1738; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1749/50 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 5 Sep 1756; Lieut. and Capt. 22 Feb 1761; retired 12 Jan 1763; a Commissioner of Taxes 9 Jun 1769 – 26 Feb 1798; of Barham Court, Kent; m. 21 May 1770 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Farnaby, Bart.; d. 2 Dec 1815.
DERING, CHARLES, son of Charles Dering (qv); bapt. 15 Aug 1774; adm. 15 Apr 1784; left Christmas 1786.
DERING, CHOLMELEY, brother of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv); b. 2 May 1707; in under school list 1720; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1722; adm. Middle Temple 26 May 1742; d. 3 Mar 1768.
DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Anthony Dering Kt, Deputy Lieutenant of Tower of London, and his second wife Frances, dau. of Sir Robert Bell Kt, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; b. 28 Jan 1598; at school under Ireland and/or Wilson (M. E. Bond, ed., The Diaries and Papers of Sir Edward Dering Second Baronet 1644 to 1684, London, 1976, p. 109, where Dering records that his father died “of an imposthume in his head, taking beginning as it was verily thought, from a box on the eare given him many yeares before at Westminster Schoole”); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge; knighted 22 Jan 1619; Lieutenant of Dover Castle; created baronet 1 Feb 1626/7; MP Hythe 1625, Kent 1640-2; active promoter of church reform in 1640-1, serving as chairman of House of Commons committee on religion and moving first reading of Root and Branch Bill 27 May 1641, but subsequently defending the retention of bishops; a published collection of his speeches was ordered to be burnt by the House of Commons 4 Feb 1641/2 and he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower; joined royalist party on outbreak of the Civil War and raised a cavalry regiment for the King; resigned commission 1643; one of first to accept terms of composition from Parliament 1644; his interest in history and religion is evidenced by a number of publications; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1619 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Nicholas Tufton (afterwards 1st Earl of Thanet); m. 2nd, Anne, third dau. of Sir John Ashburnham, Kt, Ashburnham, Sussex; m. 3rd, 16 Jul 1629 Unton, dau. of Sir Ralph Gibbes, Kt, Honington, Warwicks.; d. 22 Jun 1644. DNB.
DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Cholmeley Dering, Bart., MP, and Mary, only dau. of Edward Fisher, Fulham, Middlesex; bapt 8 Dec 1705; succ. father as 5th baronet 9 May 1711; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1719; in under school list 1720; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1721/2; MA 1725; DCL 3 Jul 1759; MP Kent 2 Apr 1733-54; m. 1st, 24 Feb 1727/8 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Henshaw, Well Hall, Eltham, Kent; m. 2nd, 11 Sep 1737 Mary, widow of Henry Mompesson, and eldest dau. of Capt. Charles Fotherby, Royal Navy, Barham Court, Kent; d. 15 Apr 1762.
DERING, JOHN, son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart., MP, and Mary, dau. of Daniel Harvey, Coombe, Surrey; grandson of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (at school under Ireland and/or Wilson, qv); b. 11 Nov 1662 (IGI); adm. 2 Feb 1674 (see C. E. Kenney sale, Sotheby 6 Jun 1966, lot 2189); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1677, aged 14, Canoneer Student 14 Jul 1677 - void 1690; BA 9 Feb 1680/1; MA 1684.
DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART. , elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Sep 1732; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1750/1; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758-9; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Apr 1762; MP New Romney 1761-Feb 1770, 1774-Jan 1787; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 1st, 8 May 1755 Selina, third dau. of Sir Robert Furnese, Bart. , MP; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1765 Deborah, only dau. of John Winchester, Nethersole, Kent, formerly a surgeon in London; d. 8 Dec 1798.