Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (13 March 1816 – 2 October 1891) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.
The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887. The latter year Eaton was raised to the peerage as Baron Cheylesmore, of Cheylesmore in the City of Coventry and County of Warwick.
Lord Cheylesmore married Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Leader Harman, in 1839. They had three sons and one daughter. His wife died in 1877 and his eldest son two years later. Cheylesmore died in October 1891, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son William.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Sir Joseph Paxton Morgan Treherne |
Member of Parliament for Coventry 1865 – 1880 With: Sir Henry Mather Jackson 1874–1881 |
Succeeded by Henry Mather Jackson William Wills |
Preceded by William Wills Sir Henry Mather Jackson |
Member of Parliament for Coventry 1881 – 1887 With: William Wills 1881–1885 |
Succeeded by William Henry Walter Ballantine |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Cheylesmore 1887–1891 |
Succeeded by William Eaton |