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Reid (SIR WEMYSS an English)

SIR WEMYSS, an English journalist; born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1842. He contributed largely to English reviews and magazines, and published: "Cabinet Portraits: Sketches of Leading Statesmen of Both Parties" (1872); "Charlotte Brontë: A Monograph" (1877); "Politicians of Today" (1879); "A Memoir of John Deakin Heaton" (1883); "Gladys lys Fane: A Story of Two Lives" (1883); "Mauleverer's Millions" (1885); "Life of William Edward Forster" (1888). He was editor of the "Speaker" from its foundation till 1899. He was knighted in 1894, and died in 1905.