Henry Eden

Admiral Henry Eden (1798 – 30 January 1888) was a senior British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.He was born the fourth son of Thomas Eden of Wimbledon, Surrey, the Deputy-Auditor of Greenwich Hospital.[2] His last seagoing command was HMS Collingwood from which he was invalided home in 1844.[3] In 1848 he was appointed Commodore-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, before being promoted to serve temporarily as Admiral-Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard in 1854.[5] They lived at Gillingham Hall in Norfolk[5] but had no children.
United KingdomRoyal NavyAdmiralHMS ConwayHMS ImpregnableHMS CaledoniaSecond Naval LordGreenwich Hospitalsixth-ratesecond-ratefirst-rateHMS CollingwoodLord AucklandFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyCommodore-SuperintendentWoolwich DockyardDevonport DockyardThird Naval LordAdmiraltyLord George BeresfordGillingham HallNorfolkJohn MurrayWikisourceLaughton, John KnoxDictionary of National BiographySir Richard DundasSir Peter RichardsSir Alexander Milne