Frederick Morton Eden Bt (1766 - 1809)

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Smyth) Eden — married 10 Jan 1792 in St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1809 at age 43 in London, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Biography

Sir Frederick Eden was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Sir Frederick Morton Eden was born 18 June 1766, the son of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland, and his wife Caroline Calvert, sister of the last Lord Baltimore. He appears on wikipedia. His father was the last Governor of Maryland, prior to the Independence of the United States.

Frederick Morton Eden Baronet, of the Inner Temple, London married Ann Smyth, a minor, with consent of her father James Paul Smyth Esq. by licence^[1]on 10 January 1792 at St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England^[2][3].

They had seven children:^[4]

He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and gained a reputation as a social investigator into poverty. He wrote The State of the Poor, published in 3 volumes in 1797.

He was one of the founders of the Globe Insurance Company and later, 1803, its chairman.

He died suddenly at the office of the company at the early age of 43, on 14 Nov 1809.

Children

1. Marianne Eden (c1793 – 13 May 1859)
2. Sir Frederick Eden, 3rd Baronet (c1794 – December 1814)
3. Caroline Eden (c1801 – 10 November 1854)
4. Sir William Eden, 4th/6th (of West Auckland, in co. Durham) Bt.. (31 Jan 1803 – 21 Oct 1873)
5. Rt Reverend Robert Eden (2 September 1804 – 26 Aug 1886)
6. Lieutenant-General George Morton Eden (10 May 1806 – November 1862)^[5]

• Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Eden (3 July 1808 – 7 Mar 1878)

Sources

1. ↑ "Pallots Marriage Index entry of Frederick Morton EDEN Bart. & Ann SMYTH" Original data: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk Accessed 4th April 2019
2. ↑ "St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Marriage Register entry of Frederick Morton EDEN Baronet and Ann SMYTH" 1792 City of Westminster Archives Centre. Image available at FindMyPast Accessed 4th April 2019
3. ↑ "Boyds Marriage Index 1538-1850 Transcription entry of Frederick M. EDEN" Available at FindMyPast Accessed 4th April 2019
4. ↑ Wikipedia article used as primary source for this material.
5. ↑ Christening Record for George Morton Eden.

See also:

• Wikipedia article for Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Baronet, of Maryland.

• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, index, FamilySearch: accessed 10 April 2015, Frederick Morton Eden in entry for his son George Morton Eden, 13 May 1806; citing , reference 2:2L2F7CR; FHL microfilm 1,042,309.

• Website for Valley and Fitzgerald family lines - material not sourced

• The Peerage website

• Non-sourced public web site considering descendants of James I and VI