Eliza McNeight
1785–1823 (age 38)
colonial resident
Biography
Eliza McNeight was born in 1785 and died in 1823 at the age of 38. She was a colonial resident of Calcutta who lived through the early decades of the nineteenth century, a period of significant expansion and consolidation of British power in India.
McNeight's burial at South Park Street Cemetery reflects her family's established standing within colonial society. Her grave stands among the many testimonies to the lives of those who formed the social and cultural fabric of colonial Calcutta during this transformative era.