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About William Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore is best remembered as a leading collector of English mezzotint portraits, and collector of other art. His mezzotints and other prints, over 10,000 in number, were left to the British Museum, and five oil paintings to the National Gallery, London. He also stood unsuccessfully for Parliament for the Conservative Party at Macclesfield in 1868, 1874 and 1880, and held a nominal partnership in the family silk business.
Everything about William Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore →- Occupation
- art collector, politician
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- January 15, 1843, 1843
- Died
- July 10, 1902