INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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Publications: Tours in India: Duke of Clarence in S. India; The Muhammudans; The Real India; Modern India. Address: Thames House, Queen Street Place, E.C. Clubs: Carlton, Travellers’, Bachelors’.
Rehrakhol, Raja of; Bir Chandra Jadunath Deo Jenamani; succeeded to gadi, 1906; area of the Estate, 833 sq. miles; population, about 27,500; Revenue, 55,000; the Chief is a Kadambamsi Rajput. Address: Rehrahkol, Sambalpur, Bombay Presidency.
Reid, Sir Arthur Hay Stewart, K.T. (1909), M.A., Bar-at-Law. Chief Judge, Chief Court, Punjab; (Retd.) b. 1851; 2nd s. of Henry Stewart Reid of the Bengal Civil Service; m. Imogen, d. of Sir Cecil Beadon, K.C.S.I., 1897; educ: Harrow, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; passed B.A., 1872; M.A., 1885; called to Bar (Inner Temple), 1874; Puisne Judge, Chief Court, Punjab, 1896; Chief Judge, 1902. Address: Lahore, Punjab. Club: United University.
Reid, George Boiban, b.a., i.c.s., (retired); educ: Harrow and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; passed I.C.S. examination, 1865; arrived in India and joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1867; First Assistant Collector, 1878; Settlement Officer, Baroda, 1879 and 1882; Junior Collector and Magistrate, 1886; Senior Collector and Magistrate, 1888; Commissioner of Northern Division, 1892; retired 1897.
Reid, James Robert, C.I.E. (1890), I.C.S. (retired); educ: Edinburgh University; passed the I.C.S. examination, 1859; joined service as Assistant Magistrate, N.-W. Provinces, 1860; served in various lower grades and became Deputy Commissioner of Oudh; Assistant Settlement Officer, Azamgarh, 1868; Magistrate and Collector, 1878; Secretary to Government, N.-W. Provinces, 1883; Chief Secretary, 1884; Commissioner of Kumaon Division, 1888; Member, Board of Revenue, N.-W. Provinces, 1890; Member, Legislative Council, N.W.P., 1891; retired, 1894.
Reid, Hon’ble William James, I.C.S., C.S.I. (1914), (Bar-at-Law), Member of Council, Assam; educ Glasgow High School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; joined service as Assistant-Collector, 1889; Offg. Chief Secretary to Commissioner, Assam, 1912; Member of Council, 1913. Address: Gauhati, Assam, India.
Rendall, Sir Alexander Meadows, M.A., K.C.I.E. (1887), Consulting Engineer, India Oftiec. London; s. of J. M. Rendall; F.R.S. b. 1829; educ: King’s School, Canterbury, and Trinity College, Cambridge; passed B.A., 1850; M.A., 1854; Scholar and Wrangler; studied as Civil Engineer; joined service as Engineer, London Dock Company, 1856; Engineer to the Leith Harbour, and other Companies; built the shed well of the new basin, the Royal Albert Dock, the Albert and Edinburgh Docks at Leith, the Workington Dock and harbour, etc.; visited India, 1857-58; Member of the Commission to determine the narrow gauge for Indian Railways, 1870; designed the Sukkur bridge over the Indus; is now Consulting Engineer to the Secretary of State for India, and to various Indian Railway Companies; is a Member, Board of Visitors of R.I.E. College. Address: 23, Russel Square W.C.
