Joseph Haythorne Reed

Joseph Haythorne Reed
Member of Parliament
for Abingdon
In office
13 December 1854 – 27 March 1857
Preceded byMontagu Bertie
Succeeded byJohn Thomas Norris
Personal details
Born1828
Died (aged 29)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

Major Joseph Haythorne Reed (1828 – 6 April 1858)[1] was a British Whig politician.

Reed was elected Whig MP for Abingdon at a by-election in 1854—caused by the succession of Montagu Bertie to Earl of Abingdon—and held the seat until 1857 when he sought election unsuccessfully at Finsbury.[2][3]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  3. ^ "Abingdon". The Spectator. 14 March 1857. p. 9. Retrieved 7 April 2018.