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Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| Surname | Eaton | | Rank/ occupation | Lieut.-Colonel | | Unit | Bengal Establishment | | Death date | 20 Feb 1789 | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Date | Feb 1789 | | Page number | 185 | | Detail | Lieut.-col. Eaton, in the service of the East India Company, on the Bengal establishment. He came to England for his health in 1786, and proposed to return last year, but continued here at the request of Mr. Hastings; and being ordered this year to return to Bengal, he was permitted by the Court of Directors to remain another season, on an application from Mr. Hastings, to whom his evidence was of very material importance, Col. E. having commanded the garrison of Buxar, on the frontiers of Benares, for many years. |
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