William Hassell Eden
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General William Hassell Eden was a career officer in the British Army, holding the position of Colonel of the 90th Light Infantry from 1862 to 1881. He purchased his commission in 1814 and actively served until his death. He also served as the acting Governor of Bermuda from 1852 to 1853. He was also the grandson of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland.
William aged 82, taken in May 1882
Governor of Bermuda
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The governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda.
Governor of Bermuda
Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne greeting President of the United States John F. Kennedy, at the American Kindley Air Force Base on St. David's Island, with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan, Foreign Secretary the 14th Earl of Home, and British Ambassador to the United States Sir David Ormsby-Gore, December 1962.
Government House, Mount Langton. This became Government House when the colonial capital was moved from St. George's to the City of Hamilton in 1815, and was replaced with the current building on the same grounds.
Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Geary, KCB (right), at Prospect Camp, Bermuda, on Tuesday, 11 March 1902, to decorate three officers with the DSO