George Eden, 2d Baron Auckland, 1st earl of Auckland
1784–1849
Statesman. Governor-general of India, 1836–42. First lord of the Admiralty, 1846–9. President of the Royal Asiatic Society, vice-president of the Horticultural and Zoological Societies of London, and a trustee of the British Museum. Succeeded as 2d baron Auckland, 1814; created earl of Auckland, 1839.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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