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4 unusual facts about Emily Eden


Barrackpore Government High School

Until recently it was believed that the school was established by Emily Eden.

His sister Emily Eden was also enthusiastic about her brother’s school.

Emily Eden

In her youth, she and her sister Fanny travelled to India, where her brother George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland was in residence there as Governor-General from 1835 to 1842.

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland

Emily Eden his seventh daughter was a successful poet and novelist.



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Barrackpore Government High School

’ –Letter dated 26th March 1837, Barrackpore, 'Letters from India' By Emily Eden, Vol – 1, page -338 Edited by her niece Eleanor Eden, November 1871, Published by Richard Bentely & Sons, London, 1872.