George Alexander Reid

George Alexander Reid
Member of Parliament
for Windsor
In office
8 November 1845 – 12 May 1852
Preceded byRalph Neville
John Ramsbottom
Succeeded byJohn Hatchell
Charles Grenfell
Personal details
Born1794
Died12 May 1852(1852-05-12) (aged 57–58)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

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.[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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cass, Frederick Charles; Society, London and Middlesex Archaeological (1885). East Barnet. London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. pp. 161–162.
  3. ^ Charterhouse Register 1769-1872: With Appendix of Non-Foundationers 1614-1769. Phillimore. 1974. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-85033-081-6.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Reid, George (Alexander)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. F. Jefferies. 1852. p. 620.
  6. ^ 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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Windsor
1845–1852
With: John Hatchell (1850–1852)
John Hay (1847–1850)
Ralph Neville (1845–1847) 		Succeeded by