Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland

Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (10 July 1799 – 25 April 1870), styled The Honourable Robert Eden from birth until 1849, was a British clergyman. He was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1847 to 1854 and Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1854 to 1869.

Background and education Born at Eden Farm, Beckenham, Kent, he was third son of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland and his wife Eleanor Elliot, oldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, his uncles were Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland and Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley. Eden was sent to Eton in 1814 and went then to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he proceeded Master of Arts five years later. When his brother George died in 1849, he succeeded him not in the earldom, but in the barony conferred upon their father.

Career Eden was made deacon in 1823 by the Bishop of Norwich, ordained priest in 1824 by the Bishop of Worcester and was appointed rector of Eyam in Derbyshire in 1823. William George Eden, 4th Baron Auckland (19 Jan 1829 - 17 Feb 1890) married first Lucy Walbanke-Childers ( - 25 Apr 1870), daughter of John Walbanke-Childers, had issue. Married second Lady Mabel Emily Finch-Hatton (1849 - 7 Nov 1872), daughter of George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea, had no issue. Married third, a distant cousin, Edith Eden (1860 - 28 Mar 1931), daughter of Sir William Eden, 4th and 6th Baronet, had issue. The Hon. Henry Johnes Eden (18 Sep 1830 - 10 Feb 1853) died unmarried. The Hon. Sir Ashley Eden (13 Nov 1831 - 9 July 1887) married Edmund Henry Dickinson (1821 - 1897). The Hon. Florence Selina Eden (1835 - 1909)