Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley explained

Baron Henley
Term Start1:1776
Term End1:1779
Term Start2:1779
Term End2:1783
Term Start3:1783
Term End3:1791
Term Start4:1791
Term End4:1793
Term Start5:1793
Term End5:1794
Term Start6:1794
Term End6:1794
Term Start7:1794
Term End7:1799
Birth Date:8 July 1752
Death Date:6 December 1830 (aged 78)
Spouse:Lady Elizabeth Henley
Children:4

Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley (8 July 1752 – 6 December 1830), was a British diplomat.

Career

Eden was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1776 to 1779, he was Minister to Bavaria, then to Copenhagen 1779–1782, Dresden 1783–1791, Berlin 1791–1793 and Vienna 1793–1794. From 1794 to 1795, he was Ambassador to Spain, and returned as Minister to Vienna in 1794–1799. He then retired with a pension of £2000.

In 1799, Eden was created Baron Henley, having been knighted in 1791 and admitted to the Privy Council in 1794. On 7 August 1783, he had married Lady Elizabeth Henley (the youngest daughter of the 1st Earl of Northington) and they had four children. Lord Henley died in 1830 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Robert.

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