A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reid, Walter
REID. (Commander, 1846.)
Walter Reid passed his examination in 1824; obtained his first commission 28 Oct. 1836; served from 10 Nov. 1836 until paid off at the close of 1838 in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Richardson, on the Mediterranean station; and from 12 Aug. 1841 until again paid off in 1844 was employed on the coast of Africa as Second and First Lieutenant in the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote. He has not been since afloat. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 9 Nov. 1846. He married, in 1840, Mary Wilmot, daughter of Benj. Crocker, Esq., of Hampton House, Plymouth, and Ridgeway, co. Devon, Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1799), who died in 1842.