Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867) was a Scottish merchant and financier. He was a
Early life
Reid was the son of Sir Thomas Reid of Ewell Grove and his wife Elizabeth Goodfellow. He succeeded his father in the
Political life
Reid was the Member of Parliament for Dover, Kent from 1830 to 1831 and from 1832 to 1847.[2]
Slave ownership
According to the
Reid was associated with seventeen different claims, he owned over 3000 slaves in
Career
Reid was head of the firm Reid, Irving & Co., and later a Director (1820 to 1847) of the Bank of England, except when acting as Deputy Governor (1837 to 1839) or Governor (1839 to 1841).[6] In June 2020 the Bank of England issued a public apology for the involvement of Reid, amongst other employees, in the slave trade following the investigation by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at UCL.[7]
Personal life
He married Maria Louisa, the daughter of Richard Eaton of Stetchworth Park, Cambridgeshire with whom he had 2 sons and a daughter.[2]
References
- ^ Debrett's Baronetage of England (1835)
- ^ a b "REID, Sir John Rae, 2nd bt. (1791-1867), of 8 Broad Street Buildings, Finsbury Circus, London and Ewell Grove, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Sir John Rae Reid 2nd Bart". University College London. Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Sir John Rae Reid 2nd Bart". University College London. Retrieved on 15 September 2021.
- ^ http://carlyleletters.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/1/lt-18471002-TC-AC-01#FN1_REF (footnote 1)
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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