George Alexander Reid
George Alexander Reid | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Windsor | |
| In office 8 November 1845 – 12 May 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Neville John Ramsbottom |
| Succeeded by | John Hatchell Charles Grenfell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1794 |
| Died | 12 May 1852 (aged 57–58) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
George Alexander Reid (1794 – 12 May 1852)[1] was a British Conservative politician.
Life
[edit]He was the fourth son, by his first marriage, of Andrew Reid of Barnet, a Scottish brewer in London.[2]
Reid was educated at Charterhouse School, leaving in 1810.[3] He matriculated in 1813 at University College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1817, M.A. in 1822.[4] He joined the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards in 1818 as an ensign, rising through the ranks to lieutenant-colonel in 1832. He retired on half-pay in 1845.[5]
Reid was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Windsor at a by-election in 1845—caused by the death of John Ramsbottom—and held the seat until his own death in 1852.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Cass, Frederick Charles; Society, London and Middlesex Archaeological (1885). East Barnet. London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. pp. 161–162.
- ^ Charterhouse Register 1769-1872: With Appendix of Non-Foundationers 1614-1769. Phillimore. 1974. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-85033-081-6.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. F. Jefferies. 1852. p. 620.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.