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 1886.[3]
On 10 February 1835 he was appointed as Joint Magistrate & Deputy Collector of Belah.[4]
On 8 September 1836 he was appointed as Magistrate & Collector of Goruckpore.[5]
On 24 October 1836 he was given additional responsibility of 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 he was Commissioner of the Fifth Division & Commissioner of the Benares Division.[8]
From 10 September 1857 to 30 September 1857 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces as an In charge (acting).[9]
Works
His works include:
References
- ↑ The patronage bureaucracy in north India By Peter Penner
- ↑ New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors, Author names starting with Re
- ↑ Bengal By Calcutta Historical Society
- ↑ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British India and its dependencies #244
- ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #203
- ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #292
- ↑ Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
- ↑ Parliamentary papers By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons #105
- ↑ The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130
- INDIA-L Archives
- English village architecture By R. J. Brown
- Bulletins and other state intelligence #2149
- Empire and Information By Christopher Alan Bayly
- Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue By Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis, Great Britain. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 #859
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| Preceded by J. R. Colvin |
Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces Acting 10 September 1857 – 30 September 1857 |
Succeeded by Colonel H. Fraser |