Lestock Robert Reid served as one of the Governors of Bombay Presidency from the year 1847 to 1848, in former undivided India under the rule of the British East India Company. He was also one of the renowned a colonial administrators. Reid was appointed as the Governor of Bombay Presidency on 6 August 1846 and was preceded by Sir Lieutenant General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet KCH PC, who retired as the Governor of Bombay in 1846.
Bombay Presidency was one of the Presidencies and provinces of British India. It was first founded in the 17th century at Surat as a trading post for the British East India Company. The Presidency included the territories of modern states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, regions of Konkan, Kandesh and Desh and northwestern Karnataka state. Lestock Robert Reid served in office till 23 January 1847 and was succeeded by Sir George Russell Clerk, GCSI, KCB.
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