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Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Alexander James Reid, 3rd Baronet, DL, JP (6 December 1932 – 8 April 2019) was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire from 1987 to 1988.[1] 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. He married Michaela Kier [2] on 15 October 1955; they had one son[3] and three daughters. A Director of Ellon Castle Estates from 1965 to 1996, he was also Chairman of Governors at Heath Mount School from 1976 to 1992.

References

  1. ^ REID, Sir Alexander James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 11 July 2012
  2. ^ Marriages. The Times (London, England), Monday, 17 October 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53353
  3. ^ His heir Charles Edward James Reid, b 24 June 1956 > Burke's Peerage 1967

See also

Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet Reid of Ellon
1972–2019
Succeeded by
Charles Edward James Reid, 4th Baronet