John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton
John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton PC ( September 15, 1925 - May 23, 2020 ) was a British politician and member of the Conservative Party .
Political life
Eden was a member of the House of Commons for the Bournemouth West constituency from 1954 to 1983 . When he was first elected, he was the youngest member of Parliament.
In 1972 he was appointed to the Privy Council . After his withdrawal from the House of Commons, he was raised to Life Peer on October 3, 1983 as Baron Eden of Winton , of Rushyford in the County of Durham , and thus became a member of the House of Lords .
During his parliamentary work, he was a delegate to the Council of Europe and the Western European Union from 1960 to 1962 and headed the Parliamentary Committee on Legislation of the European Community from 1976 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1983 for internal affairs. As a member of the government, he was Minister of Industry from 1970 to 1972 and Minister of Post and Telecommunications from 1972 to 1974.
On June 11, 2015, Eden voluntarily retired and left the House of Lords under the rules of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
Private life
Eden attended Eton College and St Paul's School in Concord in the United States . As a lieutenant, he served in the Rifle Brigade , the 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during World War II . Eden is a nephew of former British Prime Minister Anthony Eden .
In 1963 he succeeded his father Sir Timothy Calvert Eden, 8th Baronet, and since then has held the title 9th Baronet , of West Auckland, created in the Baronetage of England in 1672 , and the title 7, created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1776. Baronet, of Maryland.
family
He was married twice. His first marriage to Belinda Jane Pascoe, which lasted from 1954 to the divorce in 1974, had four children, two daughters and two sons. After his divorce he married Margaret Ann Gordon, former wife of John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth .
When he died in 2020, his older son Robert (* 1964) inherited his baronet title.
Web links
- John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton on thepeerage.com
- Mr John Eden at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baronetage at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Viscount Cranborne |
Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West 1954–1983 |
John Butterfill |
| Timothy Eden | Baronet, of West Auckland Baronet, of Maryland 1963-2020 |
Robert Eden |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eden, John, Baron Eden of Winton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eden, John Benedict, Baron Eden of Winton; Eden, Sir John, 9th Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2020 |