Reeve, Henry (1813-1895)

English writer and editor. He was on the staff of The Times 1840-55, where he had considerable influence on the newspaper's attitudes towards foreign affairs, and edited the Edinburgh Review 1855-95. His Royal and Republican France 1872 is a collection of essays.

Reeve was born in Norwich, Norfolk, and studied in Switzerland at Geneva. He was the medium for private negotiations between the English and French governments, and successive French ambassadors in London relied on him for guidance. He translated Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America 1835-40 and François Guizot's Washington 1840,