Having dissolved his partnership with Thomas Guest and Joseph Guest at 67 Leather Lane, Holborn, on 21 April 1812, Joseph Cradock went into business at the same address with William Ker Reid (1787-1868), with whom he entered a joint mark on 15 June 1808. (The London Gazette, London, 21 April 1812, p. 761a; Grimwade, pp. 477 and 639) Trading as Cradock & Reid, the partners moved before 1815/16 to 3 Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, premises recently vacated by the working silversmith, Richard Cooke. (Rate Books, Liberty of the Rolls, Westminster; Grimwade, p. 470). They dissolved their partnership on 7 October 1825 (The London Gazette, London, 11 October 1825, p. 1846b) after which Reid, who in 1812 had married Mary, daughter of the silversmith, Edward Barnard, moved to 5 Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane. Here he was eventually in partnership with his son, Edward Ker Reid (1821-1886), until retiring in 1853. (Culme, vol. I, p. 385)
