About George Reade
Lived 1687 – 1756 (aged 68–69). George Reade was a British politician.
George Reade (1687 – 28 March 1756), of Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734.
Reade was the fourth son of Sir Edward Reade, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Harby. He consistently supported the Government. holding that colonelcy to his death.
Reade married Jane Now(es), daughter of Charles Now(es), barrister, of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire in 1744. He died on 28 March 1756, without issue.
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Who was George Reade?
British Army general and politician
When was George Reade born?
George Reade was born in 1687.
When did George Reade die?
George Reade died on 28 March 1756.
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George Reade was a politician.
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George Reade was British.
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