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William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 1745 – 28 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1793.
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Abstract: The distinctive role played by William Eden in the penal reform debate of the late eighteenth century is examined and his emphasis on leniency in the exercise of punishment is identified.
EDEN, William, 1st Baron Auckland [I] (1744-1814), of Eden Farm, Beckenham, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. NEW WOODSTOCK. 1774 - 1784. HEYTESBURY. 1784 - 22 May 1793. Family and Education.
British diplomat, penal reformer, and politician. Educated at Durham School, Eton College, and Christ Church, Oxford, he was called to the bar in 1768. His Principles of Penal Law (1771) argued for fewer capital offenses and for the reform of offenders as against punishment.
Politician and diplomat. A younger son of the well-known Durham family, Eden trained as a lawyer after leaving Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1774 for Woodstock and quickly established himself as a useful man, with a particular interest in economic matters and in penal reform.
Eden, William (1744–1814), 1st Baron Auckland , politician, diplomat, chief secretary for Ireland, was born 3 April 1744, the third son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd baronet, of West Auckland, and his wife, Mary Eden (née Davison). Educated at Durham (1755–8), Eton (1758–62), and Christ Church, Oxford (1762–5), he graduated BA in 1765.
