Edward Anderton Reade

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

Government offices
Preceded by
J. R. Colvin
Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces
Acting

10 September 1857  30 September 1857
Succeeded by
Colonel H. Fraser
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