Reid

Reid, Captain Mayne (1819-83), novelist, was born in the north of Ireland, and in early life went to America to satisfy his love of adventure, and became a trapper, afterwards serving with great gallantry through the Mexican War. Settling in England, he produced a long series of excellent novels of adventure, such as The Boy Hunter, The Mifie Rangers, The Scalp Hunters, The Headless Horseman, The War Trail, etc. There is a monument to his memory over his grave in Kensal Green.