Reddie, John, 1805-1851

Judge John Reddie was born on May 6, 1805, in Glasgow, Scotland, the eldest son of James Reddie and Charlotte Marion Campbell. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and became an Advocate, passing the Scottish bar in 1826. He was elected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1836, he was named the Chief Justice of St. Lucia in the West Indies where he lived until a new appointment, First Judge of the Small Claims Court, moved him to India in 1840. He died in Calcutta, probably from cholera, on November 28, 1851. He is buried at the Scottish Cemetery in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, c. 1819]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written during a journey from Scotland to Jamaica. In this letter, Campbell writes about his wife's family and recent financial troubles. He also confesses a long-held secret - he has four illegitimate sons, Thomas Hamilton, John Hamilton, James Hamilton Campbell, and Andrew Donaldson Campbell, all born in the Eden region of Cumbria.