Edward Anderton Reade, (15 March 1807 – 12 February 1886)The patronage bureaucracy in north India By Peter Penner,New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors, Author names starting with Re was a British civil servant in India who served in Bengal from 1826 to 1860.Bengal By Calcutta Historical Society
Career On 10 February 1835 Reade was appointed as Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Belah.The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British India and its dependencies #244 On 8 September 1836 he was appointed as Magistrate & Collector of Goruckpore.The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #203 He was given additional responsibility, on 24 October 1836, as Deputy Opium Agent for management of provision of opium in Goruckpore.The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #292 He remained collector of Goruckpore (at least) till October 1844.Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
During 1857 Reade was Commissioner of the Fifth Division and Commissioner of the Benares Division.Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons #105 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).The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130 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.
He was a brother of the novelist Charles Reade, and the father of the New Zealand cricketer Lawrence Reade.
Works His works include:
Minute on the Roads in the Azimgurh District
References
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