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William Eden (1744-1814)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography William Eden. (1744-1814) (aka. 1st Baron Auckland) Son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd. Bart of Windlene Hall, and Mary Davison. Married (1778) to Eleanor Eliot (b. 1758) Studied law at Christ Church, Oxford. Appointed under secretary of state (1772). Commissioner on the board of Trade and Plantations (1776). Chief Secretary for Ireland (1780). Member of the Irish House of Commons (1781) for Dungannon. In 1789 he became the 1st Baron Auckland, and the Auckland Islands are named after him (Link). A close associate of William Pitt the Younger. He published a few writings, among them the influential Principles of Penal Law (1771) and Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle (1779). Life with James Boswell: Boswell met him in the company of James Macdonald and others during his short stay in Oxford, April 23-26, 1763. External links: Portrait (1809) of William Eden - from the NPG William Eden - at Wikipedia Literature: Some of his writings can be found via the Abebooks used books search engine, including Some Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of War (1795), Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle by William Eden (1779) and his Principles of Penal Law (1771). This article was last updated at February 16 2008 20:40:43 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to William Eden: Macdonald, James
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William Eden (1744-1814)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

William Eden. (1744-1814) (aka. 1st Baron Auckland)

Son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd. Bart of Windlene Hall, and Mary Davison. Married (1778) to Eleanor Eliot (b. 1758) Studied law at Christ Church, Oxford. Appointed under secretary of state (1772). Commissioner on the board of Trade and Plantations (1776). Chief Secretary for Ireland (1780). Member of the Irish House of Commons (1781) for Dungannon. In 1789 he became the 1st Baron Auckland, and the Auckland Islands are named after him (Link). A close associate of William Pitt the Younger.

He published a few writings, among them the influential Principles of Penal Law (1771) and Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle (1779).

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met him in the company of James Macdonald and others during his short stay in Oxford, April 23-26, 1763.

External links:

Portrait (1809) of William Eden - from the NPG
William Eden - at Wikipedia

Literature:

Some of his writings can be found via the Abebooks used books search engine, including Some Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of War (1795), Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle by William Eden (1779) and his Principles of Penal Law (1771).

This article was last updated at February 16 2008 20:40:43 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to William Eden:

Macdonald, James

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Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.