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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]

Life

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ REID, Sir Alexander James', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 11 July 2012
  2. ^ Marriages. The Times (London, England), Monday, 17 October 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53353
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage 1967.

See also

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Ellon)
1972–2019
Succeeded by
Charles Edward James Reid