WIlliam Eden - 1st Baron Auckland
Biography
Birth: Apr 03, 1745
Death: May 14, 1814
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.
Eden published a few writings, among them the influential Principles of Penal Law (1771) and Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle (1779).
Also known as
- 1st Baron Auckland
Life with James Boswell
Boswell met William Eden in the company of James Macdonald and others during his short stay in Oxford, April 23-26, 1763.
Recommended 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).
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Mentioned in
William Eden is mentioned in:
- London Journal 1762-1763
