About Joseph Reed
Lived 1828 – 1858 (aged 29–30). Joseph Reed was a British politician.
Major Joseph Haythorne Reed (1828 – 6 April 1858) was a British Whig politician.
Reed was elected Whig MP for Abingdon at a by-election in 1854—caused by the succession of Montagu Bertie to Earl of Abingdon—and held the seat until 1857 when he sought election unsuccessfully at Finsbury.
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Who was Joseph Reed?
politician
When was Joseph Reed born?
Joseph Reed was born in 1828.
When did Joseph Reed die?
Joseph Reed died on 6 April 1858.
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Joseph Reed was a politician.
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Joseph Reed was British.
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· DBpedia: Joseph Haythorne Reed
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