Matilda Emily Ann Hodgson
1796–1828 (age 32)
Biography
Matilda Emily Ann Hodgson was born in 1796, during the height of the Napoleonic Wars, into a period of considerable change and uncertainty. Her life, though brief, occurred during the Regency era, a time of cultural flourishing and social development in Britain and its territories abroad.
She passed away in 1828 at the young age of 32, her life cut short in what would have been her prime years. Her burial at South Park Street Cemetery in Calcutta indicates her family's connection to British India. Her grave remains a poignant reminder of the many lives lost to the challenges of life in the subcontinent during this era.