Note 3 — HISTORICAL RECORD

General Reid was head of an ancient Scotch family, and served as a Lieutenant in Loudon’s Highlanders in 1745. In 1759 he was appointed Major of the Forty-Second, in which regiment he continued until 1771. In 1780 he was appointed Colonel of the Ninety-Fifth Foot, a newly-raised regiment, and continued to command it until it was disbanded in 1783. In 1794, as stated in the text, he became Colonel of the Connaught Rangers. His commissions as a General Officer were, Major-General 19th October, 1781; Lieutenant-General 12th October, 1793; and General 1st January, 1798.