Andrew Thomson Reid (1863-1940) of the North British Locomotive Co
1863 Born son of James Reid
Educated at Glasgow University
1883 Apprenticed at Neilson and Co
1893 Appointed a partner in the firm
1894 On the death of James Reid, the business was continued by the remaining partners, his sons Hugh Reid, John Reid, Andrew Thomson Reid, Walter Montgomerie Neilson Reid[1]
1897 Joined I Mech E
1904 Managing Director of Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow, North British Locomotive Co; joined Inst Civil Engineers
1909 November. Details of the Reid-Riekie spring wheel patented with John Riekie and Hugh Reid.[2]
1941 Obituary [3]
ANDREW THOMSON REID was chief managing director of the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd., of Glasgow, at the time of his death which occurred on 16th September 1940. He had been connected with locomotive building since 1883, in which year he was apprenticed until 1888 to Messrs. Neilson, Reid and Company, at Hyde Park locomotive works, Glasgow.
After taking part in the management of the business of that firm, he became a partner in 1893, and was appointed managing director of the Hyde Park works on the amalgamation in 1903 of Messrs. Neilson with Messrs. Sharp, Stewart and Company, Ltd., and Messrs. Dubs and Company, under the title of the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd. in this position he had charge of the design and manufacture of the locomotives constructed by that firm.
He was born in 1863 and educated at Glasgow Academy, Loretto School, Musselburgh, and Glasgow University. Mr. Reid had a long connection with the Volunteer Force he was a recipient of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration, and was gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1907. He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire.
He had been a Member of the Institution since 1897 and was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
1940 Obituary.[4]
Andrew Thomson Reid died in his 78th year on the 16th September. He was chief managing director of the well known North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., and was the son of the late Mr. James Reid, who sometime in the 1850’5 was identified with Neilson, Reid and Co., of the Hyde Park Locomotive Works, founded in 1837. He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, and at Glasgow University. As a pupil in his father’s firm he passed through all branches of locomotive building and design and latterly spent some years in the estimating and purchasing departments. In 1893 be became a partner and as always was active in its management.
The year 1903 saw the amalgamation of Messrs. Neilson and Co., Sharp, Stewart and Co., Ltd., and Dubs and Co., Ltd., under the name of the North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., and Mr. A. T. Reid was appointed managing director of the new company. He became chief managing director in succession to his brother, the late Sir Hugh Reid, Bart., in 1935, who with Sir John and Mr. Walter M. Neilson Reid made up the four brothers identified with the firm, its fortunes and success. The fifth son was the Right Rev. E. T. S. Reid, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway and of St. Andrews. Mr. A. T. Reid was a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace of the City of Glasgow and Perthshire. His home was at Auchterarder House, where he had a fine art collection and a famous herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
He was a member of the Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers and was elected a member of this Institution in 1931.