NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849 NRA: Eden, George (1784-1849) Earl of Auckland, Governor General of India, statesman DNB: Eden, George, earl of Auckland (1784-1849), politician and governor-general of India LBT ID: LdAuckl2 VIAF ID: 54898570 LOC ID: n86093057 | B/BAP: 1784-08-25 DIED: 1849-01-01 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The second son of William Eden, first Baron Auckland (d. 1814); educated at Eton, Christ
Church, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, he courted Annabella Milbanke and was MP for New
Woodstock. He was governor-general of India (1836-42). | |