William Reid (British Army officer)
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Early life and education
William Reid was born on 25 April 1791 at Kinglassie, Fife, the fifth child and eldest son of James Reid, minister of the Church of Scotland at Kinglassie, and his wife, Alexandrina, daughter of Thomas Fyers, chief engineer in Scotland. He was educated at a private school in Musselburgh. In 1806 he was admitted to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1][3]
Military career
Reid was commissioned in the
Reid was in the
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Administrator
From 1839 to 1846 Reid was civil
Reid was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of learned societies of many countries. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1839.[5]
Legacy
Reid is now chiefly remembered for his contribution to the intense debate on storms which dominated meteorology in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is also remembered as a successful governor, genuinely concerned with the well-being of those he was sent to govern.[6]
Personal life
On 5 November 1818 at Clapham, Surrey, Reid married Sarah, youngest daughter of John Bolland, hop merchant and
Death
Reid returned to England from Malta in 1858. He died aged 67 after a short illness at his home, 117 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London on 31 October 1858.[7] His wife had died on 19 February 1858. Their five daughters survived them.[1]
Family
His daughter, Grace Reid, married Basil Simouth de Ros Hall, son of Basil Hall.
His daughter Charlotte Cuyler Reid married General Sir Neville Chamberlain.[1]
His daughter Sophia Reid married Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hallewell, the son of Edmund Gilling Hallewell MP.[8]
Published works
- An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms by Means of Facts (1838 1st ed. 1841 2nd ed. 1850 3rd ed.)
- The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms (1849)
References
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- ^ A Brief History, Bermuda National Library
- ^ "Death of Major General Sir William Reid". Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. 6 November 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b Connolly, Thomas William John (1898). Richard Fielding Edwards (ed.). Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898. Chatham: The Royal Engineers Institute.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "The Good Governor". 5 April 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Deaths." The Times [London, England] 2 November 1858: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 23 June 2013.
- ISBN 9785871943618. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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