George T. H. Reid MC (1910–1990) was a Scottish minister of the

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who served as

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in 1973/74.

Life

He was born on 31 March 1910 in

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the twin son of Rev David Reid DD (1865-1933) of St John's United Free Church, and his wife Georgina Thomson Stuart (1872-1946). The family lived at 6 Claremont Park on Leith Links. From 1925 to 1932 his father ran the Wellesley Square Church in

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. George was educated at

George Watson's College George Watson's College is a co-educational Independent school (United Kingdom), independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a Scottish education in the eight ...

then studied Divinity at

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. He was minister of the Langstane Kirk in

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. He won the

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in the

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. In 1973 he succeeded

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as Moderator of the General Assembly. He was succeeded in turn by Very Rev David Steel in 1974. He retired in 1975. He died in 1990 and is buried with his parents and family in the

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. The grave lies close to the south-east corner, east of the east path.

Family

He was married to Anne Guilland Watt (1915-2006) He was twin brother to Rev Prof John ("Jack") Kelman Sutherland Reid (1910-2002).

References

1910 births People from Leith People educated at George Watson's College Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1990 deaths 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland 20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub