Easy of access, courteous to all, of fascinating accomplishments, he was respected if not beloved even by his political enemies. Hence he was permitted to remain in the province even after the establishment of a provincial government which, by express rule, exempted him and his family from its authority. Whilst enjoying this immunity some despatches from Lord George Germaine to his address were intercepted, and General Lee wrote to the Committee of Baltimore ordering his arrest. The subject was referred to the Council of Safety who did not think fit to comply, and Governor Eden was permitted to embark on 23d June 1776, on board the sloop-of-war, Fowey. Onhis return to England he was created a Baronet, 19th Sept. 1776. He returned to Annapolis in 1784, to look after his lady's estate, and died in the neighborhood of that city in the year 1786. Ep.

2 Witi1AM Epen (afterwards Lord Auckland,) was son of Sir Robert E. He was educated at Oxford and called to the bar in 1769; appointed Under Secretary of State in 1772; one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations in 1776, and in 1778 was named one of the Commissioners for restoring peace in America. In 1782 he became Chief Secretary of Ireland under the Earl of Carlisle, with whom he had visited this country, and a privy Chancellor in 1783. In 1785 he was named Minister to France; in 1786 he was one of the Lords of Trade, and in 1788, Ambassador to the court at Madrid. In 1789 he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Auckland, and was Minister to Holland in 1793. He died 28th of May, 1814, He was the author of Letters on Finance, but his principal work is, The Principles of Penal Law, 8vo. 1772. Ep.