Eden, Sir Frederick Morton Bt, 1766-1809
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Born 1766 · died 1809
Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Baronet, of Maryland was an English writer on poverty and pioneering social investigator.
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A commonplace book, 1787-1802. BL Add. MS. 43702.
Manuscript entitled ‘Epsom: a Vision’, 1797, 52 pages. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The minutes of the Committee of Insurance and the Treasury Committee of the Globe Insurance Company, 1803-1809, are signed by Eden as chairman. A report on remuneration of firemen to the Committee of Insurance, pp. 133-135, is a rare example of his personal contribution being recorded.
Guildhall Library, MSS. 11657-11658.
Correspondents
JEREMY BENTHAM, four letters, 1797-1803. BL Add. MSS. 33542-33544.
JONATHAN BOUCHER, 30 items, 1786-1800. Boucher papers, East Sussex RO
WILLIAM EDEN, 1st Baron Auckland, four letters, 1798-1806. BL Add. MSS. 34454-34457.
ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, one letter, 1797. Royal Society of Arts Library, London.
NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Baron Bexley, one letter (with comments by Jeremy Bentham), 1807.
BL Add. MS. 31235.
Printed Material
Catalogue of the Library of Sir F. M. Eden, Compiled by Himself (1806).
New Palgrave ; ODNB; ESS V 397.