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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Eden    
First names  George    
Rank / occupation  Governor General & Earl of Auckland & MP    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "India" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  India    
Death date  1 Jan 1849    
Place of death  Hampshire    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Feb 1849    
Page number  201    
Detail  [Pages 201-203. At the Grange, near Alresford, the seat of Lord Ashburton, in his 65th year. Born 20 Aug 1784 at Eden-farm, near Beckenham, Kent, 2nd son of William, 1st Lord Auckland, by Eleanor, 2nd dau. of the Right Hon. Sir Gilbert Eliot, and sister to Gilbert 1st Earl of Minto. Left England in Sept 1835 to become Governor General of India. Succeeded by Lord Ellenborough, who arrived at Calcutta on the last day of Feb 1842. Made an Earl, 1839. Died unmarried, succeeded by his brother Robert Eden, Bishop of Sodor and Man. A statue of Lord Auckland has recently been sent out for erection in Calcutta, £2000 raised by public subscription]    
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