Edward Anderdon Reade
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Edward Anderton Reade, CB
(15 March 1807 – 12 February 1886), was a British civil servant in India
who served in Bengal from 1826 to 1886. He was born at the Reade family's ancestral home, Ipsden House, Ipsden
, Oxfordshire. He returned there, in 1860, when he retired from the East India Company.
On 10 February 1835 he was appointed as Joint Magistrate & Deputy Collector of Belah.
On 8 September 1836 he was appointed as Magistrate & Collector of Goruckpore.
On 24 October 1836 he was given additional responsibility of Deputy Opium Agent for management of provision of opium in Goruckpore.
He remained collector of Goruckpore (at least) till October 1844.
During 1857 he was Commissioner of the Fifth Division & Commissioner of the Benares Division.
From 10 September 1857 to 30 September 1857 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
as an In charge (acting).
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(15 March 1807 – 12 February 1886), was a British civil servant in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
who served in Bengal from 1826 to 1886. He was born at the Reade family's ancestral home, Ipsden House, Ipsden
Ipsden
Ipsden is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, about southeast of Wallingford.-Parish church:The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was built late in the 12th century as a chapelry of North Stoke...
, Oxfordshire. He returned there, in 1860, when he retired from the East India Company.
On 10 February 1835 he was appointed as Joint Magistrate & Deputy Collector of Belah.
On 8 September 1836 he was appointed as Magistrate & Collector of Goruckpore.
On 24 October 1836 he was given additional responsibility of Deputy Opium Agent for management of provision of opium in Goruckpore.
He remained collector of Goruckpore (at least) till October 1844.
During 1857 he was Commissioner of the Fifth Division & Commissioner of the Benares Division.
From 10 September 1857 to 30 September 1857 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh .-Area:The province included all...
as an In charge (acting).