George Morton Eden

Born the fourth son of Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet and Anne Smith, Eden was commissioned into the 84th Regiment of Foot on 18 July 1822.^[1] He subsequently transferred into the 52nd Regiment of Foot and then went to Jamaica, a deployment where many troops died through illness, with the 56th Regiment of Foot.^[2] He became General Officer Commanding Western District in 1855.^[3] He served as Colonel of 50th Regiment of Foot from 1861 to 1862.^[4]