About Henry Byron Reed
Lived 1855 – 1896 (aged 40–41). Henry Byron Reed was a British politician.
Henry Byron Reed memorial at Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford. Henry Byron Reed (1855 – 5 October 1896) was an English Conservative Party politician. He was member of parliament (MP) for Bradford East for two terms in the 1880s and 1890s.
The eldest son of Henry Draper Reed, he grew up and was educated privately in the south London suburb of Sydenham. At the 1886 general election, he stood instead in the Eastern division, and won the seat with a majority of 3.4% of the votes. Reed was defeated in 1892 by the Liberal William Sproston Caine, but regained the seat in 1895.
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British politician (1855–1896)
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Henry Byron Reed died on 5 October 1896.
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