Family
Charles Reed's father was the well-known Hackney philanthropist and Congregational Minister Dr Andrew Reed, founder of the London Orphan Asylum at Clapton and other notable charitable institutions, who had studied theology under the Rev. George Collison. He is commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery with a tall obelisk of polished red granite.
Charles Reed married Margaret Baines (youngest daughter of Edward Baines M.P. from Leeds, and sister to Sir Edward Baines the Nonconformist politician and newspaper editor). Their third son, Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893), who was born in Hackney on 3 April 1852, was the author of highly rated story books for boys. Their second son, Andrew Holmes Reed (1848–1892) is commemorated with his brother Talbot at Abney Park Cemetery by an eye-catching Celtic cross executed by O'Shea in Kilkenny using sparkling grey Irish granite. Their eldest son, Charles Edward Baines Reed (1845–1884) entered the Congregational ministry and served as secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He met with an accidental death in the Engadine and was buried at Pontresina.
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