Charles Reeds - Woodbury Sir Charles Reed (19 June 1819 - 25 March 1881) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hackney and St Ives, Chairman of the London School Board, Director and Trustee of the original Abney Park Cemetery Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee, associate of George Peabody, lay Congregationalist, and owner of a successful commercial typefounding business in London, He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and was knighted by the Queen at Windsor Castle in 1874, As a pastime he collected autographed letters and keys