Henry Reed (merchant)

Henry Reed (merchant)

Infobox Person
name = Henry Reed


image_size = 175px
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birth_date = 28 December 1806
birth_place = Doncaster, England
death_date = 10 October 1880
death_place = Mount Pleasant, Tasmania
education = Apprentice
occupation = Merchant, landowner, philanthropist and evangelist
spouse = Maria Susanna Grubb (1st), Margaret Sayres Elizabeth Frith (2nd)
parents = Samuel Reed and Mary Reed née Rockliff
children = 11 with first wife, 5 with second

Henry Reed (1806-1880) was a British landowner, shipowner, merchant and philanthropist [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020326b.htm Biography] ] .

In later life he moved to Royal Tunbridge Wells where he built an imposing mansion set into the beautiful grounds of Dunorlan Park designed by Robert Marnock.

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