Robert Carstairs Reid (6 December 1845–1894) was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer. He specialised in harbour works and water supply.[1]
60 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh
Life
The grave of Robert Carstairs Reid, Dean Cemetery
He was born in Kettle, Fife on 6 December 1845, the second son of Amelia Carstairs (1818-1890) and her husband, Rev William Reid (1810-1884) the local minister.[2]
In 1881 he became a partner with his friend, creating J & A Leslie & Reid, engineers. Their main work was upgrading Paisley's water supply.
He died at home, 60 Palmerston Place[4] in Edinburgh's West End in March 1894. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies on the south side of the south-west spur.
Family
In 1875 he married Charlotte Leslie (1846-1935) sister of his schoolfriend and later business partner Alexander Leslie. Their children included William Carstairs Reid FRSE (d.1937).[5]
References
^"Obituary. robert carstairs reid, 1845-1894". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 116 (1894): 369–372. 1 January 1894. doi:10.1680/imotp.1894.20007.
^"Genealogy Information for robert reid Ancestry". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002(PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN0-902-198-84-X.
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