Charles Reed
1819 Born 20th June at Sonning, son of Andrew Reed
1836 Apprenticed to woolen manufacturer in Leeds
1839 With a friend, published "The Leeds Repository"
1842 Founded Reed and Tyler, printers, in Fleet St., London
1844 Married Margaret Baines
1849 Moved to a new firm, Reed and Pardon, in Hatton Garden
1855 Became a member of the Court of Common Council
1861 Master printer employing 140 persons; lived in South Hackney[1]
1861 His friend, Alderman Robert Besley, retired from his type founding business Robert Besley and Co; Reed took advantage of the gap left by Besley and established his own business in Fann Street - Reed and Fox.
1868 Elected MP for Hackney
1871 Type founder, employing 100 men and 40 boys, living in West Hackney with Margaret Reed 52, Andrew H Reed 22, type founder, Agnes T Reed 20, Talbot B Reed 19, type founder, Eliott Pye Reed 17, Kenneth S Reed 9[2]
1873 Became chairman of the London School Board
1874 Knighted
1876 One of the British judges at the International Exhibition at Philadelphia
1881 Died in Tottenham. His son Eliot became chairman of the family business in 1890.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Dictionary of National Biography