Surg. Col George Hume READE

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ID: I5806
Name: George Hume Reade
Given Name: George Hume
Surname: Reade
Prefix: Colonel
Sex: M
Birth: 1792 in Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Death: 28 Nov 1854 in the Military Hospital, Scutari, Turkey of cholera 1
Burial: Haidar Pasha cemetery, Turkey
Event: wrote his Will Fact 26 Apr 1847 London 2
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(Medical):PROB 11; Piece: 2216
London 26 April 1847. Proved July 5 1855, Will with admon of GHR late staff surgeon in Her Majesty's service at Scutari in Turkey was granted to his widow Sarah.

In the enjoyment of health and sound in mind and thankful to Almighty God for all the benefits that I have received at his hands and with a perfect reliance on his mercy and forgiveness and humbly imploring his protection for my inestimable wife and dear children, I make this my last Will and Testament I have no landed property to bequeath and what I do possess I leave to my dearly beloved wife conscious that she will act the part she has always done and do and perform every thing that is necessary for the welfare and happiness of my children relying? and confident upon the goodness and kindness of Charles R. McGregor Esq and Wm Millar Esq Mr McGregor's man of business I trust that these gentlemen will afford my dearly beloved wife such council and advice as may be requisite I am truly grateful for their kindness and goodness to me, the remembrance will be cherished to the last moment of my existence and now having thus disposed of what little I possess it only remains for me to express my feelings of gratitude to Sir James McGregor Bt. who has ever treated me with kindness and indulgence and whose considerate and feeling heart has thus far enabled me to bring up and educate my most numerous family - for my eldest son Herbert Taylor Reade now a student of Medicine residing in Dublin I have Sir James McGrigor's protection and should he prosecute my legal claim to the estates and property of the late Viscount Tracy Baron Rathcoole and succeed in establishing his claim to that title and property I then enjoin of him what I well know from his excellence of character his steady habits and his love and affection for his dear Mother and sisters he will feel but too happy in performing comfortable provision for all enjoining above all things in this life a moral and religious education for my children those whose tender years require the kindness? and protection of a fond mother -

Signed and delivered by the testator, George Hume Reade, as his last will and testament, before us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto affixed our signatures as witnesses.

George Hume Reade, Staff Surgeon (??)
Henry S. Thacker __ Dean Street, Soho
H. I. Atkinson, 35 Dean Street, Soho

On the 5 July 1855 Admon with the Will annexed of the goods and chattels and effects of George Hume Reade, late Staff Surgeon in Her Majesty's service at Scutari, Turkey _______ was granted to Sarah Hume Reade, widow the relict the universal legatee in trust named in the said will, having been first sworn duly to admon(ister) the executor.

About Surgeon-Col George Hume Reade

In June of 1825 nine ships arrived at Quebec from Cork Ireland in an experiment to relocate many from the desperate areas of Ireland to new lands and a new start. On one of the ships, called the Resolution about 60 passengers started out but on the month long journey 12 babies were born. Eleven other children died en-route as did about a dozen adults. On arrival they were immediately transhipped to a steamer and sailed off to Montreal, and from there most were taken to the Perth Military Settlement. This was a new housing community moved away from the frontier as a result of threats of continued invasions from the south after the War of 1812. Residents here were the most reliable, and could be called upon in times of military need. One in five was on half pay from former military service to the Crown.

On Board the Resolution was a former army staff surgeon by the name of George Hume Reade. He lived at Perth and had earlier been granted acreage there for loyal service in the British army, retiring in 1817. Shortly after the influx of Irish, he would be again called up for service with the British as their Surgeon Superintendent at the Perth settlement. During the Lower Canada Rebellion, Reade was recalled back into the militia and posted at Quebec's Citadel. It would be here that two sons Herbert Taylor and John By Cole would spend their youth and no doubt gain some knowledge of their father's practice in medicine. (John's middle name came from his godfather... Colonel John By, who was the very fellow who was tasked by the British to create a town to house the workers who would be building the Rideau Canal. He was to supervise its construction as well. The town would later change its name to Ottawa.

Dr. George Hume Reade '97 an army surgeon, Reade was an early coroner and justice of the peace in 1825 (in Perth, Upper Canada). His four sons entered the army and two of them particularly distinguished themselves in the army medical service. Surgeon General Herbert Taylor Reade was born at Perth on September 29, 1823 and educated at the District Grammar School, entered the army in 1850, performed deeds of valor at Delhi during the Indian mutiny for which Queen Victoria granted him the most coveted of all military medals the Victoria Cross. As late as December, 1895 Her Majesty appointed him to be Honorary Surgeon in the Royal Household. His brother Sir John By Cole Reade (named after his godfather Colonel By of the Rideau Canal fame) was born in Perth in 1832(?) and studied at a private school and at Edinburgh University. He served with distinction through the Indian Mutiny and the Crimean and Afghan Wars, winning many honors, was a Surgeon Major General, a companion of the Order of the Bath, an honorary surgeon to both Queen Victoria and King Edward and a Knight of the Garter.

George married Sarah Anne BAILEY on 10 Sep 1814 in Garrison Church, Quebec, Canada. (Sarah Anne BAILEY was born in 1798 in Canada.)