Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (10 July 1799 – 25 April 1870), styled The Honourable Robert Eden from birth until 1849, was a British clergyman. He was

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from 1847 to 1854 and

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from 1854 to 1869.

Background and education

Born at Eden Farm, Beckenham, Kent, he was third son of

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire), Royal Society, FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1774 to 1793. Early life A m ...

and his wife Eleanor Elliot, oldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was

George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, (25 August 1784 – 1 January 1849) was an English people, English Whig (British political faction), Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served a ...

, his uncles were Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland and Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley. Eden was sent to Eton in 1814 and went then to

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, where he proceeded

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five years later. In 1847, he received a

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and a

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by the

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. When his brother George died in 1849, he succeeded him not in the

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, but in the

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y conferred upon their father.

Career

Eden was made deacon in 1823 by the Bishop of Norwich, ordained priest in 1824 by the Bishop of Worcester and was appointed rector of

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in 1823. He was transferred to Hertingfordbury, near

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in 1825, a post he held for a decade. Subsequently, Eden served as vicar of

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until 1847. He was likewise nominated chaplain to

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in 1831 and after the latter's death in 1837 to

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for the next ten years. On 23 May 1847, Eden was consecrated

, and installed at Castletown on 29 June. He was translated to the see of Bath and Wells on 2 June 1854, which he held until his resignation on 6 September 1869.

Author

Eden was the author of ''A Churchman's Theological Dictionary'' (1845), ''A Reply to a Letter to the Bishop of Bath and Wells on the subject of the recent Restoration of the Parish Church of Kingsbury Episcopi, by George Parsons'' (1854), ''Charges of the Bishop of Bath and Wells'' (3 vols. 1855, 1858, and 1861), and ''The Journal and Correspondence of William, Lord Auckland, edited by the Bishop of Bath and Wells'' (1860). He was moderate in his views, but inclining to the

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school.

Family

Lord Auckland married Mary Hurt, eldest daughter of Francis Edward Hurt of Alderwasley,

, on 15 September 1825. She died on 25 November 1872. Auckland died at the

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on 25 April 1870, and was buried in the Palm churchyard, near

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, four days later. Robert and Mary had five sons and five daughters: * The Hon. Eleanor Eden (1826-1873) was novelist under the

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''Lena'' and editor of her aunt's, Emily Eden letters. * William George Eden, 4th Baron Auckland (19 Jan 1829 - 17 Feb 1890) married first Lucy Walbanke-Childers ( - 25 Apr 1870), daughter of John Walbanke-Childers, had issue. Married second Lady Mabel Emily Finch-Hatton (1849 - 7 Nov 1872), daughter of George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea, had no issue. Married third, a distant cousin, Edith Eden (1860 - 28 Mar 1931), daughter of Sir William Eden, 4th and 6th Baronet,Peter W. Hammond, editor, ''The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda'' (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), pag 49. Hereinafter cited as ''The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.'' had issue. * The Hon. Henry Johnes Eden (18 Sep 1830 - 10 Feb 1853)Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. died unmarried. * The Hon. Sir Ashley Eden (13 Nov 1831 - 9 July 1887) married Eva Maria Money (12 Jun 1824 - 10 Jan 1877), daughter of Vice-Admiral Rowland Money. * The Hon. Emily Dulcibella Eden (1832 - 1893) married Edmund Henry Dickinson (1821 - 1897). * The Hon. Florence Selina Eden (1835 - 1909) * The Hon. Emma Mary Eden ( - 30 Mar 1895) married Reverend Edward Heneage Paget (23 Jul 1828 - 29 Sep 1884) son of

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, had issue. * The Hon. Maria Harriet Eden (1836 - 1909) * The Hon. Robert Henley Shawe Eden (25 Sep 1840 - 28 Dec 1916) married Jessie Ellen Hildyard (1842 - 23 Jan 1927), daughter of Reverend Frederick Hildyard.

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