The Right Honourable
The Lord Henley
President of the Liberal Party
In office
1966–1967
Preceded byNancy Seear
Succeeded byDonald Wade
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 April 1962 – 20 December 1977
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 6th Baron Henley
Succeeded byThe 8th Baron Henley
Personal details
Born(1914-08-13)13 August 1914
Died20 December 1977(1977-12-20) (aged 63)
Political partyLiberal

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).

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. ^ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  2. ^ Randolph Spencer Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: Finest hour, 1939-1941, p. 938.
  3. ^ New Scientist, Volume 54 (1972), p. 399.
  4. ^ New Society, Volume 38 (1976), p. 454.
  5. ^ Hunter Davies, Walk Along the Wall, pp. 238–240.
Party political offices Preceded byNancy Seear President of the Liberal Party 1966–1967 Succeeded byDonald Wade Preceded byTimothy Beaumont Chairman of the Liberal Party 1968–1969 Succeeded byDesmond Banks Peerage of Ireland Preceded byFrancis Eden Baron Henley 1962–1977 Succeeded byOliver Eden Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byFrancis Eden Baron Northington 1962–1977 Member of the House of Lords(1962–1977) Succeeded byOliver Eden
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