Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet
Appearance
Sir Alexander James Reid, 3rd Baronet, DL, JP (6 December 1932 – 8 April 2019) was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire from 1987 to 1988.[1]
Life
[edit]He was born on 6 December 1932 and educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Malaya with the Gordon Highlanders and was Captain of the 3rd Battalion (TA) until 1964.
Family
[edit]He married Michaela Kier[2] on 15 October 1955; they had one son (the heir, Charles Edward James Reid, born 24 June 1956)[3] and three daughters.
Other
[edit]A Director of Ellon Castle Estates from 1965 to 1996, he was also Chairman of Governors at Heath Mount School from 1976 to 1992.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ REID, Sir Alexander James', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 11 July 2012
- ^ Marriages. The Times (London, England), Monday, 17 October 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53353
- ^ Burke's Peerage 1967.
See also
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Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2019 deaths
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Gordon Highlanders officers
- Deputy lieutenants of Cambridgeshire
- High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire
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- English justices of the peace
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