John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, PC (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet, from 1963 to 1983, was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West from 1954 to 1983.[3][4]

The Right Honourable

The Lord Eden of Winton

PC
Sir John Eden, Bt, in 1969[1]
Member of Parliament
for Bournemouth West
In office
18 February 1954 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byRobert Gascoyne-Cecil
Succeeded byJohn Butterfill
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 October 1983 – 11 June 2015
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
John Benedict Eden

(1925-09-15)15 September 1925
England
Died23 May 2020(2020-05-23) (aged 94)[2]
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
    Belinda Jane Pascoe
    ​
    (
    m. 1954; div. 1974)
      Margaret Ann Gordon
      ​
      (
      m. 1977)
      Children4
      Education

      Background

      Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, New Hampshire, US. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War. He was 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 was 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, Eden was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 1954 until 1983. When first elected at by-election in February 1954, 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,[5] 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.[6] Following the death of Lord Healey on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest 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 was twice married:

      • 1) Belinda Jane Pascoe (1954 – divorced 1974); four children
      • 2) Margaret Ann Gordon (1977 – his death 2020). A former wife of the Earl of Perth.

      Arms
      Coat of 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
      1. "John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton". London: National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
      2. "eden - Deaths Announcements". Telegraph Announcements. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
      3. "John Benedict Eden". the peerage. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
      4. "Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)". Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
      5. "No. 49500". The London Gazette. 6 October 1983. p. 13057.
      6. "House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June 2015".
      Parliament of the United Kingdom
      Preceded by
      Viscount Cranborne      		 Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West
      1954–1983      		 Succeeded by
      John Butterfill
      Preceded by
      Tony Benn      		 Baby of the House
      1954      		 Succeeded by
      John Woollam
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