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.
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.
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, 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, 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, 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.
Eddis, Nigel Edward Athelstan, son of Michael Upton Eddis, stockbroker, and Marcelle Marie Jocelyn, d. of Valentine Browne-Webber of Dinard, France; grandson of Basil Upton Eddis (qv); b. 2 Mar. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1952; a professional photographer, specialising in images of chess players; resident in New York, USA; m. Anne Fryer, violinist; d. 11 Jan. 2009.
EDDIS, EDWARD UPTON, third son of William Upton Eddis, Purnea, Bengal, India, indigo planter, and Mary Adamson (IGI); b. 13 Mar 1861; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (James'); exhibitioner 1874; QS 1875; victor in the last “mill” on Green (Elizabethan xix, 66); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; BA 1883; adm. Inner Temple 22 Nov 1880, called to bar 25 Jun 1884; practised at Calcutta and subsequently at Rangoon; returned to England 1909; m. 4 Feb 1891 Ela Usher, dau. of Robert Binning, Dowanhill, Glasgow; d. 14 Aug 1928.
EDDIS, BASIL UPTON, son of Arthur Shelly Eddis QC, Weymouth Street, London, County Court Judge, and Elizabeth Mary, fourth dau. of Job Wright, Cheshunt, Herts.; b. 4 Apr 1850; at Highgate Sch. Sep 1860 - Dec 1863; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1869 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 12 May 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; BA 1873; adm. solicitor Mar 1876; Registrar, Clerkenwell County Court; of St. John’s Lodge, Newbury, Berks.; m. 8 Apr 1896 Margaret Anna, youngest dau. of Rev. Richard Cockburn Kindersley, Vicar of Brampford Speke, Devon; d. 23 Nov 1936.
ECKERSALL, JOHN, son of George Eckersall (adm. 1723, qv); b. 14 Sep 1748; adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1761; Garrick was so pleased with Eckersall’s Davus in the Andria of 1765 “that he made him a present of the freedom of his house” (see Anthony Wilson’s letter printed Lusus Alt. Westm. , 1st series, 102, note); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Scholar 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 15 Dec 1774; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1767; travelling in Italy with Hon. John Trevor (qv) 1773; m. 1 Dec 1774 his cousin Catherine, sister of George Wathen (qv); d. 2 Dec 1837.