Family and Education
b. c. 1644, 1st s. of John Eden of West Auckland by Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas Layton of Layton, Yorks. educ. Queen’s, Oxf., matric. 2 Aug. 1661, aged 17; M. Temple 1664, called 1670. m. 4 Dec. 1672, Margaret (d. 1730), da. and h. of John Lambton of Durham, 8s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 6da. cr. Bt. 13 Nov. 1672; suc. fa. 1675. Vis. Dur. ed. Foster, 111; Pepys Diary, ix. 512; Collins, Peerage, viii. 288; Hutchinson, Dur. iii. 348–9; IGI, Durham.
Offices Held
Commr. for recusants, co. Dur. 1675.
Main residence: West Auckland, co. Dur.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
EDEN, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (c.1644-1721)
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Oxford 1644
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