Sir David Douglas Reid

Bt JP MP
Born24 August 1872
Died23 March 1939
London
Resting placeKilmore, County Down
OccupationBarrister, Politician
NationalityBritish
Alma materNew College, Oxford (B.A. 1896)
SpouseFlorence Reid[1] (m.1904)
Childrennone

Sir David Douglas Reid, 1st Baronet, JP (24 August 1872 – 23 March 1939) was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Down from 1922 until his death in 1939.[2]

Only son of Joseph Reid,[3] of 22 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, he attended Queens College, Belfast and New College, Oxford, graduating with 1st Class Honours in History.[4] He then became a barrister at the Inner Temple[5] and was called to the Bar in 1898.[3] He contested East Tyrone in 1910 before becoming a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Down from 1918 to 1922, when the constituency was abolished. He was Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party at Westminster.[6]

In 1936, when appointed Sheriff of Down, he was created a Baronet, of Rademon.[7] (Prior to his creation as a baronet, he was known as "D. D. Reid".) Upon his death the baronetcy became extinct.

Sir David died in Brown's Hotel, London[8] and was buried in Kilmore, Crossgar, County Down.

References

  1. ↑ "Florence Reid". 1911 Census of England. 1911. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "REID, Sir David Douglas". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Reid, David Douglas". Inner Temple Admissions Database. Inner Temple. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ↑ The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Vol. Trinity Term, 1900. University of Oxford. 1900. p. 406. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reid, David Douglas". Kellys-Handbook-to-the-Titled-Landed-Official-Classes-for-1923. Kelly's Directories Limited. 1923. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Obituary – Sir David Reid – Fourth M.P. To Die Within A Week". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 24 March 1939. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "No. 34254". The London Gazette. 11 February 1936. p. 907.
  8. ↑ "Re. Sir David Douglas Reid, Bart". The London Gazette. 23 June 1939. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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