Letters of the Rt. Rev. Dr.	Robert Eden (1804-1886), Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness
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Eden, Robert
2 letters. Access to records in a	fragile condition may be restricted.
Gen. 2040/2-3
The letters are concerned with: a request for certificate of the	baptism of William Alexander Eden which took place in 1843; and, an	acknowledgement, 1880.
Robert Eden was born on 2 September 1804. He was educated at	Westminster School and studied at Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained as a	deacon and priest by the Bishop of Gloucester in 1828 and then he served in	Weston-sub-Edge in Gloucestershire and at Messing and Peldon in Essex. He	became Rector of Leigh, Essex, in 1837. It was while he was in Leigh that he	accepted the offer of the Scottish Episcopalian Bishopric of Moray and Ross on	the death of Bishop Low, and he was consecrated at St. Paul's, Edinburgh, on 9	March 1851. During his tenure he founded the Cathedral of St. Andrew in	Inverness. In 1862 he was elected primus of the Scottish Episcopalian Church in	succession to Bishop Terrot. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Eden, Bishop of Moray,	Ross and Caithness, died at his residence in Inverness on 26 August 1886.
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The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the	following material: (1) Stephen, Leslie. and Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of national biography. Vol.6. Drant-Finan.	London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1908.
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special	Collections Division.
Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to	Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and	Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions	were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
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The local Indexes show another reference to Eden related material	(check the Indexes for more details): letter of the Bishop dated 18 May 1869,	at Gen. 863/8/87. In addition, the UK National Register of Archives (NRA),	updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes several locations of	Eden related material.
Eden Robert 1804-1886 Bishop of Moray	Ross and Caithness