1. Henry Stewart¹ Reid birth date unknown.

Henry Stewart Reid had the following children:

2 i. Henry P. S.² Reid was born in East Indies 1850. Henry was a boarder 1861 in The Vicarage, North Moreton, Berkshire.

3 ii. Arthur Hay Stewart Reid was born in East Indies 10/10/1851. Arthur died 7/11/1930 in Pamphill Manor House, Wimborne, Dorset, at 79 years of age. He married Agnes Imogen Beadon in Christ Church, Simla, 1897. Agnes was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire 1870. Agnes was the daughter of Sir Cecil Beadon and Agnes Sterndale. Agnes died 22/07/1964 at 94 years of age. She was listed as a resident in the census report in The Lypiatt, Lansdown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1871. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Bradley, Newton Abbott, Devon, 1881.

Arthur was a boarder 1861 in The Vicarage, North Moreton, Berkshire. Arthur was a boarder 1871 in Bear Inn, Village Street, North Moreton, Berkshire. His funeral was held in Canford Magna, Wimborne, 10/11/1930. College: TRINITY HALL CAMBRIDE Entered: Michs. 1869

More Information: Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY HALL, May 30, 1869. [2nd] s. of H[enry] Stewart, of the Bengal Civil Service (and Mary Alexina, dau. of Gen. Eckford). [B. Oct. 10, 1851. School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs. 1869; B.A. 1873; M.A. 1885. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 17, 1871. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1874. Practised in the North-West Provinces of India. Professor of Law at Muir College, Allahabad, 1883-95. Public Prosecutor and standing Counsel, N.W.P., 1895-6; Puisne Judge, 1896-1909. Knighted, 1909. Chief Justice, 1909-14.

From The Times, November 8, 1930

Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid, of Pamphill Manor House, Wimborne, died yesterday, at the age of 79.

The second the son of Mr. Henry Stewart Reid, Bengal Civil Service, he went to Harrow in 1864, where he was in Mr. Rendall's house. He went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, took his degree in 1872, and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1874. He practised in the North-West Provinces, and in 1883 he was appointed Professor of Law at Allahabad, and held the chair until 1895, when he was made Public Prosecutor and Standing Counsel, North-West Provinces. In the following year he was raised to the Punjab Bench, and became Chief Judge in 1909, when he wsa knighted. He retired in 1914. From 1916 to 1918 he was a member of the O.T.C. Selection Board. Sir Arthur married, in 1897, Agnes Imogen, daughter of the late Sir Cecil Beadon, K.C.S.I., and had one son, who is in the Navy, and two daughters.

The funeral will be at Canford Magna Church, near Wimborne, on Monday, at 2:30.

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