He was elected MP for Hastings in 1826 but had to stand down when appointed Attorney-General.
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From 1835 up to his death in 1846 he was Chancellor of Durham.
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His mother was Richarda Croke (1743?-1812), sister of Sir Alexander Croke, of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire.
Kerrison was a Lieutenant-Colenel in the Seventh Light Dragoons when he, with Charles Wetherell petitioned parliament over electoral malpractice in the parliamentary elections for Shafstubry Dorset.
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