| Sir Edward Kerrison | |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1776 |
| Birth Place: | Staithe House, Bungay, Suffolk |
| Death Place: | 13 Great Stanhope Street, London |
| Placeofburial: | Hoxne Hall |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1796–1853 |
| Rank: | General |
| Commands: | 7th Light Dragoons |
| Battles: | |
| Awards: | Army Gold Medal Military General Service Medal |
General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet (30 July 1776 - 9 March 1853) was a British Army officer and politician.
Kerrison was a lieutenant-lolonel 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]
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]