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	Surname	Eden
	First names	George
	Rank / occupation	Governor General & Earl of Auckland & MP
	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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