REID, SIR WILLIAM

REID, SIR WILLIAM
   soldier and scientist; served in the Royal Engineers with distinction under Wellington; became Governor successively of Bermudas, Barbadoes, and Malta, and was the author of a scientific work on "The Law of Storms" (1791-1858).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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