REID, ALEXANDER [SSNE 5450]

Surname

REID, RYD, RIDD

First name

ALEXANDER

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Alexander Reid/Ryd was one of the 8 Scottish merchants appointed by King August 2 to serve the Polish court on 4 October 1697. He was also one of the merchants who had lost their workshops in Warsaw, and on whose behalf King August 2 ordered the town councillors to restore the shops. Reid died by 11 May 1720 as then Alexander Innes took over his position as one of the 8 royal merchants

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793, (Edinburgh, 1915), pp.25-26, pp.28-29, pp.31-21; Warsaw Chief Archives, Liber Matr. Reg. vol.219, f.139 and ff.145/285 and vol.223, ff.2-3.

Service record

POLAND, WARSAW

Arrived 1697-10-04

Departed 1720-05-11

Capacity ROYAL MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE AND ROYAL SERVICE