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meaning may not be clear, but it shows the importance 

 of the duties. This M.P. must have been the father of 

 George Eason, or Easson, who married Barbara, daughter 

 of Alexander Aytoun of Inchdairnie. Dr. Alexander 

 Eason was born in 1735, and he also married an Aytoun 

 from the same house Inchdairnie, a cousin once rem.oved. 



In Manchester Dr. Eason lived in Lever Street, Picca- 

 dilly, next what was once the White Bear Inn. He bought 

 the house and plot of ground for 800/., and at his death 

 General Aytoun, brother to Mrs. Eason, sold it for 1,000/., 

 to invest the money for his sister and her only child Barbara 

 Eason, afterwards wife of Thomas Wilkinson. A few years 

 ago this property brought in 1,600/. annually to Dr. Ashton's 

 father, the baker. In early life Dr. Eason travelled on the 

 Continent with Lord Moira, and afterwards was in the 

 Inniskilling Dragoons, or the Marquis of Drogheda's, as 

 army surgeon. 



He is especially said to have given his time to the poor 

 in Manchester, and a tablet in the cathedral was put up by 

 the people of Manchester ; a penny subscription contributed 

 to it, and is a striking proof of his popularity. He had, 

 however, medical practice among all classes. His death 

 was tragic ; riding out to see a patient at ' Clugh,' Miss 

 Yates, an aunt of Sir Robert Peel, the horse put its foot 

 into a hole, causing a sudden effort on the part of the rider. 

 The effort broke or dislocated the spine near the neck, 

 and all below was paralysed. He knew at once * that he 

 was a done man,' but his brain remained clear till his 

 death at Miss Yates' a fortnight afterwards, on May 27, 

 1796. He was 61 years old. He was buried from the 

 house where he died ; all the mills and shops on the way 

 were closed. 



