Thomas Eden (politician)
Thomas Eden (died 18 July 1645) was an
Background
Eden was the youngest son of Richard Eden of
Eden was elected
In April 1640, Eden was re-elected MP for Cambridge in the
Eden died in London on 18 July 1645, and was buried on 2 August in the chapel of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where a mural monument with a Latin inscription was erected to his memory. A Latin oration was delivered at his funeral by Thomas Exton.[3]
Eden, who was highly commended as an advocate by Thomas Fuller, was a munificent benefactor to Trinity Hall.
Foundation of the Eden Scholarship
After his death in 1645, the Eden Scholarship was founded to support the studies of undergraduates at Trinity Hall. This has continued to the present, with students taking First Class Honours being rewarded with a scholarship.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Eden, Thomas (EDN593T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ Printed in John Ward's Gresham Professors, appendix, p. 69; and two English elegies on his death are preserved in the British Museum (Lansd. MS. 98, ff. 195, 196).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Eden, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.