William Eden Auckland

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744–1814), was a British politician and diplomat, son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, who trained as a lawyer at Oxford and was called to the bar in 1768.[1][2][3] He served as MP for Woodstock (1774–1784) and Heytesbury (1784–1793), Chief Secretary for Ireland (1780–1782), ambassador to Spain and Holland, and later as Joint Postmaster General (1798–1804) and President of the Board of Trade (1806–1807).[1][2][3] Elevated to the Irish peerage in 1789 and British peerage in 1793, he is also known for his role in penal reform and economic matters, with the Auckland Islands named after him.[1][2]