Baron Auckland is a title in both the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

 and the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

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. The first creation came in 1789 when the prominent politician and financial expert William Eden was made Baron Auckland in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1793 he was created Baron Auckland, of West Auckland

West Auckland

West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...

 in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain. Eden notably served as Chief Secretary for Ireland

Chief Secretary for Ireland

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, Ambassador to Spain and President of the Board of Trade. His second son, the second Baron, was also a politician and served as Governor-General of India

Governor-General of India

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. In 1839 he was created Baron Eden, of Norwood in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Auckland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, he never married and the barony of Eden and earldom became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the baronies of Auckland by his younger brother, the third Baron. He was Bishop of both Sodor and Man

Bishop of Sodor and Man

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 and Bath and Wells

Bishop of Bath and Wells

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. The titles descended from father to son until the death of the sixth Baron in 1941. He was succeeded by his cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the son of the Hon. George Eden, third son of the fourth Baron. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the eighth Baron. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the tenth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1997.

The Barons Auckland are members of the prominent Eden family. The first Baron was the third son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, of West Auckland. His younger brother was Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley

Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley

Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley GCB, PC, FRS was a British diplomat.Eden was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1776–79, he was Minister to Bavaria, then to Copenhagen 1779–82, Dresden 1783–91, Berlin...

 while his elder brother was Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland. The latter was the great-great-grandfather of Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, and the great-great-great-grandfather of John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, Bt, PC is a British Conservative politician.-Background:Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, United States. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War...

. The present Baron Auckland is also in remainder to the Eden Baronetcy of West Auckland, a title held by his kinsman the Lord Eden of Winton.

The city of Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 in New Zealand was named after the first Earl of Auckland, the patron of the city's founder

William Hobson

Captain William Hobson RN was the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.-Early life:...

. Several Auckland landmarks, including the hill and suburb Mount Eden

Mount Eden

Mount Eden is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometres south of the city centre. The mountain is the highest natural point in the whole of Auckland...

 and the sports ground Eden Park

Eden Park

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 are named directly or indirectly after the family.

Barons Auckland (1789)

• William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744–1814)
• George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland
  George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
  George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, GCB, PC was a British Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842....
  
   (1784–1849) (created Earl of Auckland in 1839)

Barons Auckland (1789; Reverted)

• Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (1799–1870)
• William George Eden, 4th Baron Auckland (1829–1890)
• William Moreton Eden, 5th Baron Auckland (1859–1917)
• Frederick Colvin George Eden, 6th Baron Auckland (1895–1941)
• Geoffrey Morton Eden, 7th Baron Auckland (1891–1955)
• Terence Eden, 8th Baron Auckland (1892–1957)
• Ian George Eden, 9th Baron Auckland (1926–1997)
• Robert Ian Burnard Eden, 10th Baron Auckland (b. 1962)

The heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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is the present holder's first cousin Henry Vane Eden (b. 1958)