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EDDY, Richard, author, born in Providence, R. I.,
21 June 1828. He was apprenticed to a bookbinder at the age of fifteen, but in
1848 went to Clinton, New York, where he studied theology and became a
Universalist minister. He had pastorates in Rome and Buffalo, New York,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Canton, New York, and in 1861'3 was chaplain of
the 60th New York regiment.
He was librarian of the Pennsylvania historical society
in 1864'8, and then held pastorates in Franklin and Gloucester, Massachusetts,
Akron, Ohio, and Melrose, Massachusetts, where he went in 1881. Since 1878 he
has been president of the September 1776.
He had married Caroline Calvert sister and co-heir of
the last Lord Baltimore, and died while on a visit to Maryland in 1784 "to look
after his lady's estate," which the treaty of 1783 entitled him to.
His grandson, Sir Frederiek Eddy, an officer in
the British army, fell at New Orleans, 24 December 1814.
Sir Robert's brother, William Eddy, Lord AUCKLAND,
born in 1744; died 28 May 1814, studied law and became a barrister. He was at
different times secretary of state for Ireland, privy councilor and ambassador
to France, Spain, and Holland, and in 1789 was made an Irish peer, with the
title of Baron Auckland.
He received the
same title in the English peerage in 1793. He was one of the lords of trade and
plantations in 1776, and one of the three commissioners sent by Lord North in
1788 to treat with the Americans.
EDDY, Richard, author, born in Providence, R. I., 21 June 1828. He was apprenticed to a bookbinder at the age of fifteen, but in 1848 went to Clinton, New York, where he studied theology and became a Universalist minister. He had pastorates in Rome and Buffalo, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Canton, New York, and in 1861'3 was chaplain of the 60th New York regiment. He was librarian of the Pennsylvania historical society in 1864'8, and then held pastorates in Franklin and Gloucester, Massachusetts, Akron, Ohio, and Melrose, Massachusetts, where he went in 1881. Since 1878 he has been president of the September 1776. He had married Caroline Calvert sister and co-heir of the last Lord Baltimore, and died while oil a visit to Maryland in 1784 "to look after his lady's estate," which the treaty of 1783 entitled him to.
His grandson, Sir Frederiek Eddy, an officer in the British army, fell at New Orleans, 24 December 1814.Sir Robert's brother, William, Lord AUCKLAND, born in 1744; died 28 May 1814, studied law and became a barrister. He was at different times secretary of state for Ireland, privy councilor and ambassador to France, Spain, and Holland, and in 1789 was made an Irish peer, with the title of Baron Auckland. He received the same title in the English peerage in 1793. He was one of the lords of trade and plantations in 1776, and one of the three commissioners sent by Lord North in 1788 to treat with the Americans.
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