John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

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John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, Bt, PC (born 15 September 1925) is a retired British Conservative politician.[1][2]

Background

Eton College

Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, United States. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War. He is a nephew of Sir Anthony Eden (1897–1977), who served as prime minister from 1955 to 1957, and he succeeded his father Sir Timothy Calvert Eden to his baronetcies in 1963. He is the 9th Baronet of West Auckland and the 7th Baronet of Maryland.

Career

After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the 1953 Paddington North by-election, he was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West from 1954 until 1983. When first elected, he was the youngest member of the House of Commons. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 10 April 1972 and was created a life peer as Baron Eden of Winton, of Rushyford in the County of Durham on 3 October 1983,[3] following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.[4] Following the death of Lord Healey on 3 October 2015, Eden became the surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.

Appointments:

  • Member of the House of Commons Estimates committee (1960–1964)
  • Delegate to Council of Europe and West European Union (1960–1962)
  • Delegate to NATO Technology (June–October 1970)
  • Minister of State for Industry (1970–1972)
  • Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications (1972–1974)
  • Member of the House of Commons Expenditure committee (1974–1976)
  • Chairman of the Select Committee on EEC Legislation (1976–1979)
  • Chairman of the Select Committee on Home Affairs (1980–1983)
  • Chairman of the British Lebanese Association (1990–1998)
  • Chairman of the Royal Armouries Association (1986–1994)
  • Member of Timken Company International Advisory Board
  • Chairman of Lady Eden's Schools Ltd

Family life

He has been twice married:

Titles and styles

  • John Eden (1925–1954)
  • John Eden MP (1954–1963)
  • Sir John Eden Bt MP (1963–1972)
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir John Eden Bt MP (1972–1983)
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir John Eden Bt (1983)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Lord Eden of Winton Bt PC (1983–)

Arms

Arms of John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton
Coronet
A Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A dexter Arms embowed in Armour couped at the shoulder proper and grasping a Garb fesswise as in the Arms banded Vert
Escutcheon
Gules on a Chevron Argent between three Garbs Or banded Vert as many Escallops Sable
Supporters
On either side a Lion rampant guardant Gules about the mane of each a Chain pendant therefrom a Portcullis Or that on the dexter side holding by the interior paw a Cross Patonce also Or and that on the sinister side holding by the interior paw a Rose Branch proper having three Double Roses Argent and Gules barbed and seeded proper, the Compartment comprising a Mount rising in the centre and growing therefrom Fir Trees and Beech Trees in the foreground a Bay with Cliffs proper and a Rivulet wavy Azure running across a Sandy Beach also proper into the Sea barry wavy of four Azure and Argent
Motto
Si Sit Prudentia

References

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  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 49500. p. 13057. 6 October 1983.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West
1954–1983		 Succeeded by
John Butterfill
Preceded by Baby of the House
1954		 Succeeded by
John Woollam
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