Earl of Avon

Arms of Eden

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon

Earl of Avon was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961 for the former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Eden, of Royal Leamington Spa in the County of Warwick, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct on the death of his only surviving son Nicholas, the second Earl, in 1985.

Eden was a member of the prominent Eden family. He was the third son of Sir William Eden, 7th Baronet, of West Auckland, and 5th Baronet, of Maryland. Eden's nephew was fellow Conservative politician John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton. Eden's great-great-grandfather Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland, was the elder brother of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley.

Earls of Avon (1961)

• Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977)
• Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (1930–1985)

Eden family tree, including the Eden baronets, Barons Auckland, Barons Henley, and Earls of Northington

Eden baronets, of West Auckland, 1672 Robert Eden c. 1644–1720 1st Baronet of West Auckland John Eden 1677–1728 2nd Baronet of West Auckland Baron Henley, of Grainge, 1760 Earl of Northington, 1764 Robert Eden 1717–1755 3rd Baronet of West Auckland Robert Henley 1708–1772 1st Earl of Northington, etc. Eden baronets of Maryland, 1776 Baron Auckland (Ire), 1789 Baron Auckland (GB), 1793 Baron Henley, of Chardstock (2nd creation) 1799 John Eden 1740–1812 4th Baronet of West Auckland Robert Eden 1741–1784 1st Baronet of Maryland William Eden 1744–1814 1st Baron Auckland Morton Eden 1752–1830 1st Baron Henley Elizabeth Henley d. 1821 Robert Henley 1747–1786 2nd Earl of Northington, etc. Earldom of Northington and Barony Henley (1st creations) extinct, 1786 Robert Johnson-Eden 1774–1844 5th Baronet of West Auckland Frederick Morton Eden 1766–1809 2nd Baronet of Maryland Earl of Auckland and Baron Eden, 1839 Frederick Eden c. 1794–1814 3rd Baronet of Maryland William Eden 1803–1873 6th Baronet of West Auckland, 4th Baronet of Maryland also: Bishop Robert Eden 1804–1886 Lt. Gen. George Morton Eden 1806–1862 Adm. Charles Eden 1808–1878 George Eden 1784–1849 1st Earl of Auckland, etc., 2nd Baron Auckland also: Eleanor Agnes Eden 1777–1851 William Eden 1782–1810 Henry Eden 1786–1794 Emily Eden 1797–1869 Robert John Eden 1799–1870 3rd Baron Auckland Frederick Eden 1784–1823 Robert Eden 1789–1841 2nd Baron Henley Eden barony and earldom extinct, 1849 Baron Northington of Watford in the County of Northampton, 1885 (2nd creation) William George Eden 1829–1890 4th Baron Auckland Anthony Henley Henley 1825–1898 3rd Baron Henley, 1st Baron Northington William Morton Eden 1849–1915 7th Baronet of West Auckland, 5th Baronet of Maryland Edith Eden William Morton Eden 1859–1917 5th Baron Auckland George Eden 1861–1924 Frederick Henley 1849–1923 4th Baron Henley, 2nd Baron Northington Anthony Earnest Henley 1858–1925 5th Baron Henley, 3rd Baron Northington Francis Robert Eden 1877–1962 6th Baron Henley, 4th Baron Northington Earl of Avon and Viscount Eden, 1961 Timothy Calvert Eden 1893–1963 8th Baronet of West Auckland, 6th Baronet of Maryland Robert Anthony Eden 1897–1977 1st Earl of Avon, etc. Lt. William Eden 1892–1915 Frederick Colvin George Eden 1895–1941 6th Baron Auckland Geoffrey Morton Eden 1891–1955 7th Baron Auckland Terence Eden 1892–1957 8th Baron Auckland Michael Francis Eden 1914–1977 7th Baron Henley, 5th Baron Northington Baron Eden of Winton, 1983 John Benedict Eden 1925–2020 9th Baronet of West Auckland, 7th Baronet of Maryland Nicholas Eden 1930–1985 2nd Earl of Avon, etc. Ian George Eden 1926–1997 9th Baron Auckland Ronald Eden 1931–2006 Barony Eden extinct, 1985 Earldom of Avon and Viscounty Eden extinct, 1985 Robert Frederick Calvert Eden b. 1964 10th Baronet of West Auckland, 8th Baronet of Maryland Robert Ian Burnard Eden b. 1962 10th Baron Auckland Henry Vane Eden b. 1958 Oliver Michael Robert Eden b. 1953 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington Harry Eden 1989–1989 Oliver Eden b. 1990 John Michael Oliver Eden b. 1988

Arms

Coat of arms of Eden, Earls of Avon

Crest A dexter arm embowed in armour couped at the shoulder proper and grasping a garb or banded vert. Escutcheon Gules on a chevron argent between three garbs or banded Vert as many escallops sable. Supporters Dexter, A leopard guardant or, resting the sinister hind paw on a garb or, banded vert; Sinister, A like leopard resting the dexter hind paw on a similar garb. Motto Si Sit Prudentia (If there be but prudence).

See also

• Baron Auckland
• Baron Henley
• Eden baronets

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages