Joseph Haythorne Reed
Member of Parliament
for Abingdon
In office
13 December 1854  27 March 1857
Preceded byMontagu Bertie
Succeeded byJohn Thomas Norris
Personal details
Born1828
Died (aged 29)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

Major Joseph Haythorne Reed (1828 – 6 April 1858)[1] was a British Whig politician.

Reed was elected Whig MP for Abingdon at a by-election in 1854—caused by the succession of Montagu Bertie to Earl of Abingdon—and held the seat until 1857 when he sought election unsuccessfully at Finsbury.[2][3]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  2. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  3. "Abingdon". The Spectator. 14 March 1857. p. 9. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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