EDEN, John (c.1678-1728), of West Auckland, co. Dur.

Family and Education

b. c. 1678, 1st s. of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Bt., M.P. of West Auckland by Margaret, da. and h. of John Lambton of Durham. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1695. m. 31 Jan. 1715, Catherine, da. of Mark Shafto of Whitworth, co. Dur., sis. of Robert and John Shafto, 1s. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. May 1720.

Address

Main residence: West Auckland, co. Dur.

biography text

Eden and his father represented Durham county from 1702 to 1727. Succeeding his father as a Tory in 1713, he voted against the Government in every recorded division of the 1715 Parliament. His name was sent to the Pretender in 1721 as a probable supporter in the event of a rising.1Stuart mss 65/16. He owed his re-election in 1722 to a split among the Whigs,2E. Hughes, N. Country Life in 18th Cent. 280 n. 1. who sank their differences in 1727, when he either withdrew or did not stand. He died 2 May 1728.

Author

R.R.S.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Stuart mss 65/16.
2. E. Hughes, N. Country Life in 18th Cent. 280 n. 1.