Edward Anderton Reade, CB (15 March 1807 – 12 February 1886)[1],[2] was a British civil servant in India who served in Bengal from 1826 to 1860.[3]

Career

On 10 February 1835 Reade was appointed as Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Belah.[4] On 8 September 1836 he was appointed as Magistrate & Collector of Goruckpore.[5] He was given additional responsibility, on 24 October 1836, as Deputy Opium Agent for management of provision of opium in Goruckpore.[6] He remained collector of Goruckpore (at least) till October 1844.[7]

During 1857 Reade was Commissioner of the Fifth Division and Commissioner of the Benares Division.[8] From 10 September 1857 to 30 September 1857 he held the position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces as an In charge (acting).[9] He retired from the East India Company in 1860 and returned to the family home in Ipsden, Oxfordshire, where he served as a magistrate for Oxfordshire and Berkshire.[10]

He was a brother of the novelist Charles Reade, and the father of the New Zealand cricketer Lawrence Reade.[11]

Works

His works include:

References

  1. ↑ The patronage bureaucracy in north India By Peter Penner
  2. ↑ New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors, Author names starting with Re
  3. ↑ Bengal By Calcutta Historical Society
  4. ↑ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British India and its dependencies #244
  5. ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #203
  6. ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #292
  7. ↑ Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
  8. ↑ Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons #105
  9. ↑ The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130
  10. ↑ "E. A. Reade, 'The Benefice of North Stoke ...'". St John's College. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Mr. Lawrence E. Reade". Evening Post. LXXX (41): 5. 17 August 1910. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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