Baron Henley
Barony of Henley | |
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Creation date | 9 Nov 1799 |
Creation | Second |
Created by | King George III |
Peerage | Peerage of Ireland |
First holder | Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley |
Present holder | Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington |
Heir apparent | Hon. John Michael Oliver Eden |
Subsidiary titles | Baron Northington |
Seat(s) | Scaleby Castle |
Motto | SI SIT PRUDENTIA If there be prudence |
Baron Henley is a title that has been created twice: first in the
His younger son, the sixth Baron, resumed the surname of Eden in 1925, the same year he succeeded his half-brother in the titles. As of 2019[update] the peerages are held by his grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1977. He is a Conservative politician and served in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron. Lord Henley is now one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
The Barons Henley are members of the prominent Eden family. The first Baron was the fifth son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, of West Auckland, and the younger brother of
The family seat is
Barons Henley, first creation (1760)
- Robert Henley, 1st Baron Henley (1708–1772) (created Earl of Northington in 1764)
Earls of Northington (1764)
- Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1708–1772)
- Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington (1747–1786)
Barons Henley, second creation (1799)
- Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley (1752–1830)
- Robert Henley Henley, 2nd Baron Henley (1789–1841)
- Anthony Henley Henley, 3rd Baron Henley (1825–1898) (created Baron Northington in 1885)
- Frederick Henley Henley, 4th Baron Henley, 2nd Baron Northington (1849–1923)
- Anthony Ernest Henley Henley, 5th Baron Henley, 3rd Baron Northington (1858–1925)
- Francis Robert Eden, 6th Baron Henley, 4th Baron Northington (1877–1962)
- Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley, 5th Baron Northington (1914–1977)
- Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington (born 1953)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. John Michael Oliver Eden (born 1988).
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See also
Notes
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- ^ Arms of Bertie: Argent, three battering rams proper armed and garnished azure
- ^ "No. 9986". The London Gazette. 29 March 1760. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 10418". The London Gazette. 19 May 1764. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 25486". The London Gazette. 3 July 1885. p. 3060.
- ^ a b Hesilrige 1921, p. 465.
References
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
- Kidd, Charles (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 160A, )
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- www.edendiaries.co.uk