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Edmund Reid
Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid (21 March 1846 in Canterbury, Kent – 5 December 1917 at Herne Bay, Kent) was the head of the CID in the Metropolitan Police's H Division at the time of the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper in 1888. He was also an early aeronaut.〔''The Times'' Obituary - 7 December 1917〕〔
==Police officer and aeronaut==
Born in Canterbury in Kent to Martha Elizabeth Olivia (née Driver) (born 1827) and John Reid (born 1818), Edmund Reid was a grocer's delivery boy in London, a pastry-cook, and a ship's steward before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1872, with the Warrant no. 56100. PC P478. Reid was then the shortest man in the force at 5 feet 6 inches tall.〔 In 1874 he transferred to the CID as a detective in P Division, and was promoted to Third-Class Sergeant in 1878 and Detective Sergeant in 1880. Around 1877 he made the first descent from a parachute from 1,000 ft at Luton.〔(Edmund Reid: detective and aeronaut - Casebook: Jack the Ripper website )〕 He was awarded a gold medal in 1883 from the Balloon Association of Great Britain to commemorate his record-breaking ascent in the balloon "Queen of the Meadow" from The Crystal Palace; he had already received the Association's bronze medal.〔 In all, he made about 23 balloon ascents. In addition, Reid held "50 Rewards and Commendations from Magistrates and High Commissioners of Justice."〔
In 1885 Reid was promoted to Detective Inspector and was based at Scotland Yard. In 1886 he organized the newly formed J Division's CID Department in Bethnal Green, and by the time of the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 he was the Local Inspector and Head of the CID at H Division in Whitechapel, having been appointed in 1887,〔(Reid on the Casebook: Jack the Ripper website )〕 and succeeding Frederick Abberline. In 1895 he transferred to L (Lambeth) Division.
Reid was "a Druid of Distinction" and was awarded the Druids Gold Medal."〔'Retirement of Det. Insp. Edmund John James Reid', ''The Police Review and Parade Gossip'' 12 June 1896〕 In addition, he reached professional standards in acting, singing and sleight of hand. The ''Weekly Despatch'' described him as "one of the most remarkable men of the century".
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