William Frederick Elliot Eden (19 January 1782 – January 1810) was a British soldier, politician and Member of Parliament, serving as Teller of the Exchequer.
[1] Born into the influential Eden family, one of fourteen children, William was the eldest son of William Eden, later to become the 1st Baron Auckland, and his wife Eleanor Elliot, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet.
[2] Eden became MP for Woodstock in the 1806 general election, the same constituency as his father had represented.
The drowned body of Eden was found by a bargeman, William Western, in the River Thames, London, on 25 February 1810.
William's brother George succeeded their father in the Auckland barony.