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]