Sir Alexander James Reid, 3rd Baronet, (6 December 1932 – 8 April 2019) was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire from 1987 to 1988.

Life

He was born on 6 December 1932 and educated at Eton and

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. He served in Malaya with the

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and was Captain of the 3rd Battalion (TA) until 1964.

Family

He married Michaela Kier on 15 October 1955; they had one son (the heir, Charles Edward James Reid, born 24 June 1956) ''

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'' 1967. and three daughters.

Other

A Director of

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Estates from 1965 to 1996, he was also Chairman of Governors at Heath Mount School from 1976 to 1992.

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