George Alexander Reid Explained

George Alexander Reid
Office:Member of Parliament
for Windsor
Term Start:8 November 1845
Term End:12 May 1852
Predecessor:Ralph Neville
John Ramsbottom
Successor:John Hatchell
Charles Grenfell
Alongside:John Hatchell (1850–1852)
John Hay (1847–1850)
Ralph Neville (1845–1847)
Birth Date:1794
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

George Alexander Reid (1794 – 12 May 1852)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Life

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. 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.[4]

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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 17 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722142411/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons4.htm. 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Book: Cass . Frederick Charles . Society . London and Middlesex Archaeological . East Barnet . 1885 . London and Middlesex Archaeological Society . 161–162 . en.
  3. Book: Charterhouse Register 1769-1872: With Appendix of Non-Foundationers 1614-1769 . 1974 . Phillimore . 978-0-85033-081-6 . 313 . en.
  4. Book: Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review . 1852 . F. Jefferies . 620 . en.
  5. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 336.