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 MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Prior of Brampton
Succeeded byThe Lord Duncan of Springbank
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
21 December 2016 – 15 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Freud
Succeeded byThe Baroness Buscombe
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
21 November 2016 – 20 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Ashton of Hyde
Succeeded byThe Baroness Vere of Norbiton
In office
13 February 1989 – 24 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNew appointment
Succeeded byThe Viscount Ullswater
Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
In office
16 September 2011 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Baroness Browning
Succeeded byJeremy Browne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Resource Management, the Local Environment and Environmental Science
In office
11 May 2010 – 16 September 2011
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Davies of Oldham
Succeeded byThe Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords
In office
3 December 1998 – 18 September 2001
LeaderWilliam Hague
Preceded byThe Lord Strathclyde
Succeeded byThe Lord Cope of Berkeley
Minister of State for Education and Employment
In office
6 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byAnn Widdecombe
Succeeded byThe Baroness Blackstone
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
In office
20 July 1994 – 6 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Viscount Cranborne
Succeeded byThe Earl Howe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office
16 September 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Viscount Ullswater
Succeeded byJames Paice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
In office
25 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Skelmersdale
Succeeded byAnn Widdecombe
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
28 February 1978 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Henley
Succeeded bySeat abolished  
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Preceded bySeat established  
Personal details
Born
Oliver Michael Robert Eden

(1953-11-22) 22 November 1953
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Scaleby Castle, Scaleby, Cumbria, England
Alma materCollingwood College, Durham

Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington (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.

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