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EDEN, GUY ERNEST MORTON, elder son of Charles Henry Eden, Warwick Square, Pimlico, Westminster, publisher, and Georgina, dau. of Capt. Frederick William Hill, 10th Foot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. 6 May 1864; adm. 8 Jun 1880 (H, later G); left May 1883; practised as a barrister in New South Wales, Australia; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 18 Nov 1901; Legal Branch, Board of Education 1903-5, 1907-13; Intelligence Branch, War Office 1914 - Dec 1918; editor, The Navy, 1918-; author of novels, poetry and libretti; m. 4 Dec 1897 Ethel, dau. of William Henry Holman, Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington; d. 5 Dec 1954.

EDEN, HENLEY, second son of Robert Eden (qv); b. 8 Mar 1838; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1856; of Aberdalgie House, Perthshire; m. 15 Apr 1871 Amy Frances, younger dau. of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr; d. 21 Sep 1917.

EDEN, ROBERT ALLAN, fourth son of Robert Eden (qv); b. 27 Dec 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); QS 1854; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858; BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1871 (both Moray & Ross); Assistant Priest, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness 1869-71; Curate, St. Andrew’s, Wells Street, London 1871-80; Chaplain and Private Secretary to father 1880-6; again Assistant Priest, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness 1881-5; Canon Residentiary, Inverness 1885-7, Precentor 1886-7; Vicar of Old St. Pancras, London from 27 Jun 1887; d. unm. 29 Apr 1912.

EDEN, ROBERT, third son of Sir Frederick Morton Eden, Bart., writer on the state of the poor, and Anne, dau. of James Paul Smyth, London; b. 2 Sep 1804; adm. 15 Jul 1817 (Best's); Min. Can. 1818; KS 1819; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1823; BA 1827; MA 1839; BD and DD 1851; ordained deacon and priest (Gloucester) 1828; Rector of Leigh, Essex 3 Mar 1837-52; Inspector of Schools, Essex 1841; consecrated Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness 9 Mar 1851; Primus of Scottish Episcopalian Church from 5 Jul 1862; founded St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness 1866; worked for the recognition of Scottish episcopalian orders by the Church of England; founder of the Representative Church Council, which replaced the Church Society founded by Dean Ramsay; JP Essex (still 1886, non-resident); m. 27 Sep 1827 Emma, third dau. of Sir James Allan Park, Kt, a Judge of the Common Pleas; d. 26 Aug 1886. DNB.

Eden, Sebastian Inigo, son of Peter Mary Gerard Eden PhD FSA, Roy. Commn. on Historical Monuments, and Hermia Madeleine, d. of Thomas Murray Sowerby, solicitor; b. 17 Mar. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (QS); left July 1959; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf, matric. 1959, BA 1962; a teacher; m.; d. 4 Apr. 2001.

EDES (or EEDES), RICHARD, of Sewell, Beds.; b.; adm.; QS in 1565; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student; BA 1574; MA 1578; BD 1584; DD 1589; Proctor 1583; ordained; Prebendary of Salisbury from 30 Jul 1584; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 10 Feb 1586; Prebendary of Hereford 17 Jan 1589/90, Treasurer from 22 Aug 1596; Dean of Worcester from 24 Jun 1597; Chaplain to Elizabeth I and James I; one of the translators of the Bible; reputed author of Julius Caesar, tragedy acted at Christ Church 1582; wrote English and Latin verses, and had reputation as a punster; m. Margaret, dau. of Right Rev. Herbert Westphaling DD, Bishop of Hereford; d. 19 Nov 1604. DNB.

EDES, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, subscibed 18 Mar 1656/7, Westminster Student; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; MB and MD 1674; FRCP 16 Oct 1677; of St. Mary Woolnoth parish, London; d. 13 Sep 1683.

Edey, Anthony Russell, son of George Russell Edey LDS, of Bromley, Kent, and Audrey Vivian, d. of Alfred Blandford Hutchings of Edenbridge, Kent; b. 29 May 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (B), (G) May 1927; left Apr. 1931; a stockbroker in Calcutta until 1940; Hodson's Horse, 31 Indian Armoured Divn, 1940-5 (Lieut.-Col. IA); military sec. to Lord Louis Mountbatten 1945-6; subsequently a stockbroker in Johannesburg; m. 6 Sept. 1941 Barbara Stephanie Anne, d. of Reginald Philip Rees-Jones of Machynlleth, Montgomery; d. 11 Oct. 1994.

Edgar, Arthur Conway, brother of Stanley Clarence Edgar (q.v.); b. Sept. 21, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1919; M.A. 1919; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 21, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; served in France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany; M.C. Feb. 1, 1919; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn Nov. 17, 1924; m. April 10, 1917, Dorothy May Chilton, daughter of the Rev. Herbert Chilton Tompkins, Rector of East Woodhay, Berks; d. July 8, 1962.

EDGAR, JOHN FOY, son of Alexander Foy Edgar, Mayor of Bristol, and Ann Cann, dau. of John Foy, Alderman of Bristol; bapt. 9 Mar 1767; adm. 15 Jan 1776 (as John Foy (sic), also appearing as Foy in school lists to 1780); KS (aged 13) 1780; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 - void 29 Jun 1797; BA 1789; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1782; member, Common Council, Bristol 1796-1818, Sheriff of Bristol 1796-7, 1802-3, Sword Bearer from 1818; an early patron of Flaxman; FSA 1805; m. 10 Nov 1803 Harriet Ball (IGI); d. 5 Nov 1850.