when he was made Baron Auckland, of West Auckland in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain. During his retirement in the country at Beckenham, he continued his friendship with William Pitt the Younger, his nearest neighbour at Holwood House, who at one time had thoughts of marrying his daughter (see below). With Pitt's sanction he published his Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of the War in 1795, to prepare public opinion for a peace. He was later included in Pitt's government as Joint Postmaster General in 1798. He severely criticized Pitt's resignation in 1801, from which he had endeavoured to dissuade him, and retained office under Henry Addington. This terminated his friendship with Pitt, who excluded him from his administration in 1804 though he increased his pension. Auckland later served under Lord Grenville as President of the Board of Trade in the Ministry of All the Talents between 1806 and 1807. His Journal and Correspondence, published in 1861–1862, throws much light on the political history of the time. The subantarctic Auckland Islands group to the south of New Zealand, discovered in 1806, were named after him, as was Eden Quay in Dublin. Personal life In 1776, Lord Auckland married Eleanor Elliot, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet and Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound (daughter and heiress of Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound). Eleanor was a sister of Gilbert Eliott, 1st Earl of Minto. They had six sons and eight daughters, including: Eleanor Agnes Eden (1777–1851), who became the subject of intense public interest in 1797 when it was rumoured that she was about to marry the Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger; when the matter became public, however, Pitt denied that he had proposed to Eleanor, much to her father's fury. Instead, she married Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1799, and Pitt never married. Catharine Isabella Eden (1778–1810), who married Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley. Elizabeth Charlotte Eden (1780–1847), who married Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin. Caroline Eden (1781–1851), who married Arthur Vansittart (1775–1829) of Shottesbrooke. William Eden (1782–1810), who was Member of Parliament for Woodstock but seemingly committed suicide by drowning in 1810. George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), who died unmarried. Henry Eden (1787–1794), who died young. Mary Louisa Eden (1788–1858), who married Andrew Colville, who was instrumental in opening up the Red River Colony in Manitoba, Canada to poor Scottish emigrants. Mary Dulcibella Eden (1793–1862),