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2 days ago · Eden was born on 12 June 1897 at Windlestone Hall, County Durham, into a conservative family of landed gentry. He was the third of four sons of Sir William Eden, 7th and 5th Baronet, and Sybil Frances Grey, a member of the prominent Grey family of Northumberland.
- 1915–1919, 1920–1923, 1939 (as Territorial)
- Eton College
- 3, including Nicholas (by Beckett)
- Conservative
3 days ago · George, the seventh in descent from Sir Nicholas, was created a Baronet in 1611. Sir Thomas, the second baronet, (grandson of Sir Nicholas) married a coheiress of Morewood; his grandson, Sir Thomas, the fourth baronet, a coheiress of Sir William Bowyer, Bart, of Staffordshire.
4 days ago · His immediate descendant, Sir William Dalston, a great royalist, was created a baronet in 1640. The title became extinct in 1765, by the death of Sir George Dalston, the fourth baronet, who resided in Yorkshire; Sir George left an only daughter, married to a French gentleman of the name of Dillon.
3 days ago · It is remarkable that Sir William and Sir George Yonge, the two last baronets, were both members of the Privy Council, and Knights of the Bath, and both held the office of Secretary of War. Sir William had also been successively one of the lords commissioners of the Treasury and the Admiralty.
May 2, 2024 · Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (born March 8, 1788, Glasgow, Scot.—died May 6, 1856, Edinburgh) was a Scottish metaphysical philosopher and influential educator, also remembered for his contributions in the field of logic.
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May 7, 2024 · Son of Sir John Eden, 2nd Baronet and Catherine Eden. Husband of Mary Eden. Father of Sir John Eden, 4th Baronet of West Auckland; Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet & Last Colonial Governor of Maryland; Catherine Moore; Thomas Eden, of Wimbledon; William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland and 3 others.
20 hours ago · General Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet; General Sir James Fergusson; Major-General Edward Robert Festing (1831—1912) Major-General Sir Francis Worgan Festing (1833—1886) Brigadier-General Francis Leycester Festing (1877—1947) Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing (1902—1976) Brigadier Anne Field; Major-General Geoffrey William Field