branch death_place death_date birth_place awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
23px british army london , england 31 october 1858 kinglassie , fife , scotland order commander of the order of the bath of st michael & st george , knight napoleonic wars 1791 major-general william reid -lrb- british army officer -rrb-
 sir william reid
william reid -lrb- british army officer -rrb-

major-general sir william reid gcmg , kcb -lrb- 1791 -- 1858 -rrb- was a british soldier , administrator and meteorologist .
he was founder of bermuda national library .
