on 20 August the same year, by two men who allegedly invoked Dering's name as they killed him. Dering's wife, Mary, died in 1707 aged only 20, perhaps as a result of the birth of their younger son Cholmeley. Dering and his wife had at least two children: Sir Edward Dering, 5th Baronet who succeeded to the baronetcy Cholmeley Dering See also List of famous duels References 1679 births 1711 deaths People from Pluckley Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Tory MPs (pre-1834) Duelling fatalities Deaths by firearm in England