Edwin Reed was born on 13 January 1846 in Cullompton, Devon. He was the third of nine children of Edward Reed, an officer of the Inland Revenue, and his wife Eliza Saunders.

Career

Entering the paper industry as a boy, Albert Reed bought the Trevarno Paper Mill at Bathford in 1873, receiving substantial backing from Thomas Owen (1840-1898) and Samuel Evans (c.1817-1885). They were prominent Wesleyan Methodists who operated a drapers business in Bath. In 1876, the Trevarno business was converted into a limited company (The Bath

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