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Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley

Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley

British peer

Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley and 5th Baron Northington (13 August 1914 – 20 December 1977),[1] was a British peer active in Liberal Party politics.

Arms of the Baron Henley: Quarterly: 1st and 4th: Gules, on a chevron argent between three garbs or banded vert as many escallops sable (Eden); 2nd and 3rd: Azure, a lion rampant argent ducally crowned or a bordure of the second charged with eight torteaux (Henley).

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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.[2] He served as deputy whip of the party in the House of Lords.[3] In 1973, he was appointed Chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England.[4] Outside politics, he bought and restored Scaleby Castle.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  2. [2]
    Randolph Spencer Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: Finest hour, 1939-1941, p. 938.
  3. [3]
    New Scientist, Volume 54 (1972), p. 399.
  4. [4]
    New Society, Volume 38 (1976), p. 454.
  5. [5]
    Hunter Davies, Walk Along the Wall, pp. 238–240.
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