Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore

Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (13 March 1816 – 2 October 1891) was a British businessman, Conservative politician, and art collector.

The star of his collection, and his posthumous sale at Christie's in May 1892 (lot numbers and prices realized noted), was undoubtedly The Monarch of the Glen (lot 42, £7,245) by Sir Edwin Landseer, one of the most popular paintings of the age.

[2] Though the Monarch, which in 1916 passed into company ownership for exploiting in advertising, was perhaps too expensive, his son William bought back four paintings which he bequeathed to the National Gallery, London in 1902.

[5] An 1869 window in the Parish Church of St. Michael, Coventry, depicting the life of Solomon, was the gift of Eaton.

Cheylesmore died on 2 October 1891, aged 75, and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery in a vault (no.9863) later covered in 1926 by the mausoleum built for his third son, Herbert Eaton.