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Authorised form of nameEden; William (1744 - 1814); 1st Baron Auckland
Dates1744 - 1814
Date of birth03 April 1744
Date of death28 May 1814
ActivityEducation:
Eton; Christ Church, University of Oxford, MA 1768; 1769 Barrister of Middle Temple
Career:
Member of Parliament; 1780-1782 Accompanied the Earl of Carlisle's Commission to North America,; 1789-1804 Postmaster General; 1796-1814 Chancellor of Marischal College Aberdeen
Honours:
Baron 1789
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/03/1786
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Journal Book entry for meeting on 23 March 1786 records that 'The Right Honourable William Eden was proposed a Candidate for Election as one of His Majesty's Privy Council. He was immediately put to the ballot and chosen into the Society.'
CodeNA4865
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
CB/2/757Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to William Eden31 March 1786
CB/2/440Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Auckland30 August 1790
IM/001239Eden, William, 1st Baron Aucklandnd
IM/001240Eden, William, 1st Baron Aucklandnd
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