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George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, GCB, PC (25 August 1784 – 1 January 1849) was an English Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842.
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, GCB, PC (25 August 1784 – 1 January 1849) was an English Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842.
First Anglo-Afghan War. George Eden, earl of Auckland (born Aug. 25, 1784, Eden Farm, near Beckenham, Kent, Eng.—died Jan. 1, 1849, The Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire) was the governor-general of India from 1836 to 1842, when he was recalled after his participation in British setbacks in Afghanistan.
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Hobson named the new settlement in honour of George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, a patron and his friend. The New Zealand Government Gazette announced royal approval of the name on 26 November 1842 .
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland (1784–1849) (created Baron Eden and Earl of Auckland in 1839) Earl of Auckland (1839) George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849) Baron Auckland (1789, 1793; reverted) Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (1799–1870) William George Eden, 4th Baron Auckland (1829–1890)
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland primary name: Eden, George other name: (Earl of) Auckland
AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, Earl of (1784–1849), English statesman, was the second son of the 1st Baron Auckland. He completed his education at Oxford, and was admitted to the bar in 1809. His elder brother was drowned in the Thames in the following year; and in 1814, on the death of his father, he took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Auckland.
