George Reid

George Alexander Reid (1794 – 12 May 1852) was a British Conservative politician. Life He was the fourth son, by his first marriage, of Andrew Reid of Barnet, a Scottish brewer in London. Reid was educated at Charterhouse School, leaving in 1810. He matriculated in 1813 at University College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1817, M.A. in 1822. He joined the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards in 1818 as an ensign, rising through the ranks to lieutenant-colonel in 1832. He retired on half-pay in 1845. Reid was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Windsor at a by-election in 1845—caused by the death of John Ramsbottom—and held the seat until his own death in 1852.