Charles Reed (British politician)
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Sir Charles Reed MP
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| Born | 19 June 1819 |
| Died | 25 March 1881 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Baines |
| Children | 3 |
Sir Charles Reed FSA (19 June 1819 – 25 March 1881) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hackney and St Ives,Chairman of the London School Board, Director and Trustee of the original Abney Park Cemetery Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee, associate of George Peabody, lay Congregationalist, and owner of a successful commercial typefounding business in London. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and was knighted by the Queen at Windsor Castle in 1874. As a pastime he collected autographed letters and keys.
Charles Reed's father was the well-known Hackney philanthropist and Congregational Minister Dr Andrew Reed, founder of the London Orphan Asylum at Clapton and other notable charitable institutions, who had studied theology under the Rev. George Collison. He is commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery with a tall obelisk of polished red granite.
Charles Reed married Margaret Baines (youngest daughter of Edward Baines MP from Leeds, and sister to Sir Edward Baines the nonconformist politician and newspaper editor). They had four sons and four daughters.
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