Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (10 July 1799 25 April 1870), styled The Honourable from birth until 1849, was Bishop of Bath and Wells. Born at Eden Farm, Beckenham, Kent, he was third son of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland and his wife Eleanor, oldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, his uncles were Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet and Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley. Eden was sent to Eton College in 1814 and went then to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he proceeded Master of Arts five years later. In 1847, he received a Bachelor of Divinity and a Doctor of Divinity by the University of Cambridge. When his brother George died in 1849, he succeeded him not in the earldom, however in the barony, conferred upon their father. Eden was ordained in 1822 and was appointed rector of Eyam in Derbyshire in the next year. He was transferred to Hertingfordbury, near Hertford in 1825, a post he held for a decade.