Hugh Gilzean-Reid
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Hugh Gilzean Reid was a Scottish
journalist and Liberal
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.
Reid was the son of the Hugh Reid and his wife Christian Gilzean who was descended from a long line of Highland crofters. He was primarily self-educated and later studied for the non-conformist ministry, and passed examinations in classics and theology.
Reid was editor of the Edinburgh Weekly News. In the early 1860s, he founded the Middlesbrough
Daily Gazette
, the first halfpenny evening newspaper in the United Kingdom
.
In the 1885 general election
, Reid was elected as Member of Parliament
for the English constituency of Aston Manor
as a Liberal
. His wife, Anne Gilzean Reid, was a founder member and president of the Women’s Liberal Association.
In 1897 Reid leased Dollis Hill House
in North London
, where he invited the writer Mark Twain
to stay as a guest in 1900. He died in Hendon
aged 75.
Scotland
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journalist and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.
Reid was the son of the Hugh Reid and his wife Christian Gilzean who was descended from a long line of Highland crofters. He was primarily self-educated and later studied for the non-conformist ministry, and passed examinations in classics and theology.
Reid was editor of the Edinburgh Weekly News. In the early 1860s, he founded the Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
Daily Gazette
Evening Gazette (Teesside)
The Evening Gazette is a newspaper serving the Teesside area of England. It is published by the Gazette Media Company Ltd, which is a regional arm of the Trinity Mirror group. The Evening Gazette is written and published in Middlesbrough, along with many other publications...
, the first halfpenny evening newspaper in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
In the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
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, Reid was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for the English constituency of Aston Manor
Birmingham Aston (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham Aston was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 until 1918 the constituency was known as Aston Manor, before becoming a Birmingham division from 1918 to 1974...
as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
. His wife, Anne Gilzean Reid, was a founder member and president of the Women’s Liberal Association.
In 1897 Reid leased Dollis Hill House
Dollis Hill House
Dollis Hill House is an early Nineteenth-Century farmhouse located in the North London suburb of Dollis Hill, on the northern boundary of Gladstone Park. Noteworthy guests such as William Ewart Gladstone and Mark Twain have been entertained there. Today, the house is a derelict ruin, having been...
in North London
London
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, where he invited the writer Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
to stay as a guest in 1900. He died in Hendon
Municipal Borough of Hendon
Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around which included Mill Hill, as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill. In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middlesex and in 1932 it became a municipal borough...
aged 75.