Malcolm Reid

Malcolm Donald Reid (11 December 1857 – 16 March 1933) was a South Australian timber merchant and businessman, founder of several furniture stores that bore his name.

Bridget may have been one of two servants (with sister Ellen who married Edward Fowler in 1852) who are thought to have arrived on Mary Clarke in July 1849.

[citation needed] He received his secondary education at Port Adelaide Grammar School, when it was run by Allen Martin[1][2][3] (after January 1869).

[5] In March 1884 the business became Russell, Reid & Dickson, selling "Doors, Sashes, and Frames, and every kind of Building Materials", with a steam sawmill located Leadenhall Street.

[6] This company, then owned by James Thomas Russell and Reid, was dissolved on 21 March 1887 and Henry Emes taken on as partner in May 1887, as Reid & Emes[7] The firm advertised "the largest and best assorted stock of Tin; Iron, and Enamelled Saucepans in town, at prices that beat the record" in the Barrier Miner in Broken Hill.

[9][10] The Advertiser reported in August 1892 that Reid had sold furniture at Broken Hill for the preceding four years, and around February 1892 had leased premises in Rundle Street (at no.

At the rear are extensive bulk stores, which, with the showrooms before mentioned, form one of the largest and most complete furniture warehouses in Adelaide".

[20][21] During the First World War, Reid went to live in England, using his time there to purchase furniture for his business in Adelaide, returning to Australia in 1923.

[24] One of their sons, Reginald Harper "Reg" Reid (1886 – 14 September 1918) served as captain with the 153rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and was killed in action in France.