Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Henley
Office1:President of the Liberal Party
Term Start1:1966
Term End1:1967
Predecessor1:Nancy Seear
Successor1:Donald Wade
Office11:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start11:21 April 1962
Term End11:20 December 1977
Hereditary peerage
Predecessor11:The 6th Baron Henley
Successor11:The 8th Baron Henley
Birth Date:13 August 1914
Party:Liberal

Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley and 5th Baron Northington (13 August 1914 – 20 December 1977), was a British peer active in Liberal Party politics.

Eden succeeded as Baron Henley and Baron Northington in 1962. He served as President of the Liberal Party from 1966 to 1967, then as chairman from 1968 to 1969.[1] He served as deputy whip of the party in the House of Lords.[2] In 1973, he was appointed Chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England.[3] Outside politics, he bought and restored Scaleby Castle.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [Randolph Churchill|Randolph Spencer Churchill]
  2. New Scientist, Volume 54 (1972), p. 399.
  3. New Society, Volume 38 (1976), p. 454.
  4. Hunter Davies, Walk Along the Wall, pp. 238–240.