Ashley Eden
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The Honourable Ashley Eden KCSI CIE |
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| Chief Commissioner of Burma | |
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In office 18 April 1871 – 14 April 1875 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Fytche |
| Succeeded by | Augustus Rivers Thompson |
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| Born | 13 November 1831 Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire |
| Died | 8 July 1887 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Maria Money |
| Relations | Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland |
| Alma mater | Winchester |
| Occupation | Administrator |
The Honourable Sir Ashley Eden KCSI CIE (13 November 1831 – 8 July 1887) was an official and diplomat in British India.
Eden was born at Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, the third son of Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, by Mary Hurt, daughter of Francis Edward Hurt, of Alderwasley, Derbyshire. His uncle was George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. He was educated first at Rugby and then at Winchester, until 1849, in which year he received a nomination to the Indian civil service.
Eden spent 1850 and 1851 at the East India Company's college at Haileybury, but did not pass out last of his term until December 1851. In 1852 he reached India, and was first posted as assistant to the magistrate and collector of Rájsháhí. In the year 1854 he was recruited as a sub divisional officer of Jangipur.In 1856 he was promoted to be magistrate at Moorshedábád, and during the Indian Mutiny he checked sympathy with the revolt in that city. In 1860 he was appointed secretary to the government of Bengal and an ex officio member of the Bengal legislative council. This post he held for eleven years, during the last part of Sir John Peter Grant's lieutenant-governorship, and throughout Sir Cecil Beadon's and Sir William Grey's terms of office.
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