Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley

The Right Honourable The Lord Henley PC
Lord Henley in 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office 27 October 2017 – 26 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Lord Prior of Brampton
Succeeded by	The Lord Duncan of Springbank
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 21 December 2016 – 15 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Lord Freud
Succeeded by	The Baroness Buscombe
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 21 November 2016 – 20 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Lord Ashton of Hyde
Succeeded by	The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
In office 13 February 1989 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	New appointment
Succeeded by	The Viscount Ullswater
Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
In office 16 September 2011 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Baroness Browning
Succeeded by	Jeremy Browne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Resource Management, the Local Environment and Environmental Science
In office 11 May 2010 – 16 September 2011
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Davies of Oldham
Succeeded by	The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords
In office 3 December 1998 – 18 September 2001
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	The Lord Strathclyde
Succeeded by	The Lord Cope of Berkeley
Minister of State for Education and Employment
In office 6 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Ann Widdecombe
Succeeded by	The Baroness Blackstone
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
In office 20 July 1994 – 6 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Viscount Cranborne
Succeeded by	The Earl Howe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office 16 September 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Viscount Ullswater
Succeeded by	James Paice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
In office 25 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Skelmersdale
Succeeded by	Ann Widdecombe
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 28 February 1978 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 7th Baron Henley
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-22) 22 November 1953 (age 70)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Collingwood College, Durham

Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington PC (born 22 November 1953), is a British hereditary peer and politician, who is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He has served in a number of ministerial positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May, most recently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Lord Henley served as a Minister of State at the Home Office with responsibility for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction, a role in which he succeeded Lady Browning in September 2011 to September 2012.^[1]