Background
Kerrison was the eldest son of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Martha Ellice.
Kerrison was the eldest son of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Martha Ellice.
He was born at The Wick, Brighton in 1821. He represented Eye until 1866 when he resaigned by becoming a Steward of the Manor of Northstead to stand for the East Suffolk seat. He was returned for East Suffolk, but resigned from Parliament the following year by taking becoming a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Described as a "Great friend of the agricultural laborers", he also took part in the building of a branch railway to Eye.
He died at Brome Hall, Scole, Norfolk in 1886, and the baronetcy became extinct.
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He succeeded his father in 1852 as Member of Parliament for the borough of Eye and as baronet the following year.