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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Reed    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1796    
Death Year  1883    
Entry  Son of Thomas Reed : born 1796 : educated at Sandhurst : joined the 12th Light Dragoons, 1813 : present at Waterloo : Brevet Colonel, 1841 : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1841-54 : C.B. : commanded a Brigade at Firozshahr in the Satlaj campaign, 1845-6 : commanded in Ceylon, 1855 : a Division in Madras, 1856 : and was commanding in the Panjab when the mutiny of 1857 occurred : made the military disposition of the troops : through ill-health yielded the command at the siege of Delhi to Sir H. Barnard, but on his death, on July 5, assumed it, relinquishing it on July 17, appointing Archdale Wilson as his successor : K.C.B., 1865 : General, 1868 : G.C.B., 1875 : retired, 1877 : died July 24, 1883.     
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