1861-1933, locomotive engineer
1861 Born in Manchester, son of James Reid
Educated at Glasgow Mechanics Institute and College of Science and Arts
1880 Apprenticed at Hyde Park Works, Glasgow
1893 partner in firm Neilson and Co
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
Director of North British Locomotive Co
1918 Knighted for public services
1931 Joined Inst of Locomotive Engineers (London)[2]
1933 Obituary.[3]
Sir John Reid, K.B.E., Member, horn in 1861, was the son of the late James Reid, of Messrs. Neilson and Co., Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow, and a brother of Sir Hugh Reid, Bart., and Mr. Andrew T. Reid (Members of the Institution). He received his early education at the Glasgow Academy and Herbertshire Castle School. He served his apprenticeship in his father’s works and in 1893 became a partner. The firm’s name later became Neilson, Reid and Co., and subsequently, on amalgamation with other locomotive works in Glasgow in 1903, the North British Locomotive Works, of which he became a director, which position he held during the remainder of his life.
Sir John was very actively associated with welfare work in Glasgow, was President of the Glasgow Y.M.C.A., also joint President of the St. Rollox Recruiting Committee under the Lord Derby scheme. In 1916 he purchased Erskine House and grounds and presented them to the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Soldiers and Sailors, and in 1918 purchased and presented a further 50 acres which adjoined the hospital grounds. Sir John had a long association with the Trades House of Glasgow and in 1918 became Deacon-Convener of the Trades (the highest distinction of the ancient institution). He received his knighthood in 1918 arid was further honoured with the K.B.E, in 1925.
He died on January 25th, 1933, after a protracted illness.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Dec 05, 1894
- ↑ Mechanical Engineer Records
- ↑ 1933 Institution of Locomotive Engineers: Index
- Mechanical Engineer records 1847-1930
- Obituary: The Times Jan 26, 1933