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Henry Eden

Royal Navy Admiral (1798–1888)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Admiral
name	Henry Eden
birth_date	1798
death_date	30 January 1888
allegiance	United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears	1811 – 1870
rank	Admiral
branch	[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	23px]] Royal Navy
commands	HMS Conway
HMS Impregnable
HMS Caledonia

HMS Impregnable HMS Caledonia Admiral Henry Eden (1798 – 30 January 1888) was a senior British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.

Naval career

He was born the fourth son of Thomas Eden of Wimbledon, Surrey, the Deputy-Auditor of Greenwich Hospital. Eden joined the Royal Navy in 1811. He was given command of the sixth-rate HMS Conway in 1832, the second-rate HMS Impregnable in 1839 and the first-rate HMS Caledonia in 1840. His last seagoing command was HMS Collingwood from which he was invalided home in 1844.

In 1846 he was made private secretary to Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1848 he was appointed Commodore-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, before being promoted to serve temporarily as Admiral-Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard in 1854.

He became Second Naval Lord in March 1855 and Third Naval Lord in April 1857 before moving back up to Second Naval Lord again in November 1857 and leaving the Admiralty in March 1858.

Family

In 1849 he married Elizabeth Harriet Georgiana Beresford, daughter of Lord George Beresford. but had no children.

References

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References

O'Byrne, William Richard. (1849). "A Naval Biographical Dictionary". [[John Murray (publishing house).
"Henry Eden". William Loney RN.
{{cite DNB. Laughton. John Knox
(1891). "Promotion and Retirement of Flag Officers and Captains of the Royal Navy". Holbrook & Son.
"Henry Eden". The Peerage.com.

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