Reid, Sir William, soldier and scientist; served in the Royal Engineers with distinction under Wellington; became Governor successively of Bermudas, Barbadoes, and Malta, and was the author of a scientific work on “The Law of Storms” (1791-1858).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Reid, Sir Wemyss * Reigate