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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Reade
	First Name(s)	Edward Anderton
	Birth Year	1807
	Death Year	1886
	Entry	I.C.S. : born March 15, 1807 : son of John Reade : educated at Chichester and Haileybury, 1823-5 : went out to India, 1826 : served in the N.W.P. : Commissioner of Benares : Member of Board of Revenue, Agra, 1853 : on special duty in the Sagar and Nerbudda territories : in the mutiny was in the fort at Agra : and very active in taking defensive measures : saved the revenue records : on Mr. Colvin's death he, as the senior civil officer, temporarily carried on the administration : exerted himself to prevent indiscriminate vengeance : retired, 1880 : C.B. : died Feb. 11, 1886,

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