Robert Eden (1741-1784)
MSA SC 3520-391

Governor of Maryland, 1769-1776 under Restored Proprietary Government

Biographical Profile:
Born:  September  14, 1741 in England¹
Father:  Robert Eden²
Mother:  Mary (Davison) Eden³
Education:  received a classical education⁴
Religious Affiliation:   Anglican⁵
Marriage:  April 26, 1765 to Caroline Calvert⁶
Children:  Frederick Morton, William Thomas, Catherine⁷
Military Service:
            Lieutenant fireworker, Royal Regiment of Artillery, England, 1757;
            Coldstream Guards, England, 1758;
            Promoted to lieutenant and then captain, 1762;
            Commander in chief, provincial forces, Maryland, 1768-76⁸
Positions:
            Owner and breeder of racehorses
            Governor of Maryland, 1768-76 (commissioned in 1768; arrived in Maryland in 1769);
            Surveyor General of Western Shore, 1771-76;
            Commissioner, sale of proprietary manors and reserved lands, 1771⁹
Died:  September 2, 1784 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County¹⁰
Buried:  Old St. Margaret's churchyard, Anne Arundel County; reinterred in St. Anne's churchyard, Annapolis¹¹

Notes on sources

Link to New Dictionary of National Biography Entry

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