The late Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. Webber. 'The Right Hon. and Right Rev. Robert John Eden, , Baron Auckland, of West Auckland, in the county of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Auckland, in the Peerage of Ireland, Bishop of Bath and Wells (retired), died at Wells, on the 25th April. His Lordship was born July 10,[and] received his education at Eton, and at Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1819. Having entered into holy orders, he became Rector of Eyam, in Derbyshire, in 1823; of Hartingford Bury, Herts,
The late Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. Webber. 'The Right Hon. and Right Rev. Robert John Eden, , Baron Auckland, of West Auckland, in the county of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Auckland, in the Peerage of Ireland, Bishop of Bath and Wells (retired), died at Wells, on the 25th April. His Lordship was born July 10,[and] received his education at Eton, and at Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1819. Having entered into holy orders, he became Rector of Eyam, in Derbyshire, in 1823; of Hartingford Bury, Herts, in 1825; and Vicar of Battersea in 1835. From 1831 to 1837 he was Chaplain to William IV., and from 1837 to 1847 to her present Majesty. In the latter year he was consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man, and in 1854 translated to the see of Bath and Wells, which he resigned in 1869'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.
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