Edward Anderdon Reade (1807-86) was a Bengal civil servant and historian. His nephew was William Winwood Reade (1838-75), traveller and novelist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Manuscripts and papers of E.A. Reade, with letters of W.W. Reade, consisting of:

• Autobiography of E.A. Reade to 1828
• Diary, 1825-9
• Volume containing a diary, 1828-31, summaries of events, 1831-56, and an autobiography, 1828
• 'The early history of Ipsden, Co. Oxon. and its neighbourhood', with four maps
• An account, written after 1864, of the parishes of North Stoke, Ipsden and Newnham Murren, with a proposal for the reorganization of pastoral duties
• Volume containing 'The antiquities of Wallingford' by Richard Skirmer, c. 1720, copied and annotated by E.A. Reade, and 'An enquiry into the history of Wallingford before and during the Roman occupation', with three maps, 1864
• Letters from W.W. Reade to Rosina Bulwer-Lytton, Lady Lytton, 1860-3

The papers were given to the Library in 1938.

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M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45238-46.

Autobiography

Parishes | England | Oxfordshire

Diaries | 19th century

Bulwer-Lytton | Rosina Doyle | 1802-1882 | wife of 1st Baron Lytton | novelist

Reade | Edward Anderdon | 1807-1886 | Bengal Civil Servant and Historian

Reade | William Winwood | 1838-1875 | Traveller and Novelist

Ipsden (England)

Ipsden (England) | History

Newnham Murren (England)

North Stoke (Oxfordshire, England)

Oxfordshire (England)

Wallingford (England) | Antiquities

Wallingford (England) | History