Robert Henley Henley, 2nd Baron Henley (né Eden, 3 September 1789 – 3 February 1841), styled Hon. Robert Eden from 1799 to 1830, was a British lawyer, Member of Parliament, peer, and writer.
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Early life and education
Robert Henley was born Robert Eden at Lambeth Palace, London, the second son of diplomat Morton Eden, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Lord Chancellor Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (c. 1708–1772), and eventual heiress to her brother, Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington.
Robert's other uncles were Sir John Eden, 4th Baronet; Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland; and William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland.
His father was knighted in 1791 and in 1799 raised to the peerage as Baron Henley, of Chardstock, in the Peerage of Ireland, in honour of his wife's family. Her brother Robert, 2nd Earl of Northington, died unmarried in 1786, and the earldom and subsidiary title of Baron Henley in the Peerage of Great Britain had become extinct.
Robert was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1807, graduating B.A. 1811, and M.A. 1814.