I'd had a similar thought Lily but I wasn't sure that that Thomas Read was related; there's so many Thomas Reads around that they're hard to pin down.
Just so we're talking about the same one, this is the one I'd looked at. Has wife named Charlotte, born Kent (age and birth place differ across censuses though). On the 1851 census Thomas' birthplace is Bethnal Green but in1861 and 1871 it's Hackney.
1851 census - West Ham
Ref HO107; Piece 1768; Folio 469; Page 36;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGBX-43W1861 census - West Ham
Ref RG09; Piece 1062; Folio 97; Page 30;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M711-8W21871 census - West Ham
Ref RG10; Piece 1637; Folio 180; Page 35;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFK-5DZ1881 census - West Ham
Ref RG11; Piece 1733; Folio 102; Page 49;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-Q3KDI couldn't find a marriage for Thomas and Charlotte but on the 1881 census is grand daughter Emily Glanfield, born c1860 Middlesex. Trying to track Emily backwards led me up this path but I couldn't fully connect the dots so I could be wrong...
George Glanfield & Emily Frances Read
1861 Hackney
Ref RG09; Piece 163; Folio 31; Page 7;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-24B91871 Hackney
Ref RG10; Piece 330; Folio 55; Page 40;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNR-CZR1881 Walthamstow, West Ham
Ref RG11; Piece 1732; Folio 76; Page 42;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-35XC1891 Walthamstow, West Ham
Ref RG12; Piece 1355; Folio 111; Page 30;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG3Z-RPZ1901 Walthamstow, West Ham
Ref RG13; Piece 1629; Folio 144; Page 20;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NN-J5QGRO references:
1838 Q4 Birth - Emily Frances Read (mmn: Newmann); Bethnal Green; 02; 36
1858 Q3 Marriage - George Glanfield & Emily Frances Read; West Ham; 04a; 44
1859 Q3 Birth - Emily Grace Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 358
1861 Q1 Birth - George Read Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 393
1864 Q3 Birth - Annie Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 422
1866 Q1 Birth - Charlotte Emma Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 470
1868 Q1 Birth - Ada Helena Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 504
1869 Q3 Birth - Lydia Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 481
1870 Q3 Birth - Charles John Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 463
1871 Q4 Birth - Herbert Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 485
1873 Q1 Birth - Henry Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 550
1874 Q2 Birth - Stanley Glanfield (mmn: Read); Hackney; 01b; 522
1876 Q4 Birth - Lily Glanfield (mmn: Read); West Ham; 04a; 133
1877 Q3 Birth - Rose Glanfield (mmn: Read); West Ham; 04a; 132
1879 Q3 Birth - May Glanfield (mmn: Read); West Ham; 04a; 170
1882 Q2 Birth - Leopold Glanfield (mmn: Read); West Ham; 04a; 206