Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland

Sir Robert Eden Bt
Portrait by Florence MacKubin after Charles Willson Peale, 1914.
23rd Governor of Restored Proprietary Government
In office 1769 – 23 June 1776
Preceded by	Horatio Sharpe
Succeeded by	Thomas Johnson (as Governor of Maryland)
Personal details
Born	14 September 1741 Durham, England
Died	2 September 1784 Annapolis, Maryland, US
Political party	Loyalist (Movement)
Spouse	Caroline Calvert
Relations	Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (father-in-Law)
Children	Sir Frederick Morton Eden

Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet (14 September 1741 – 2 September 1784) was a British colonial administrator who was the last colonial Governor of Maryland. Although a popular governor and an able administrator, Eden's authority was overthrown by the events of the American Revolution, and in June 1776 he was invited by the Maryland Convention to leave for England. Eden was well-regarded at home and in the same year, 1776, he was made a baronet. He eventually returned to Maryland where he died in 1784 at the age of 42. He was buried in Annapolis and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Frederick, a noted author.