There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Reid, one in the

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and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2019 one creation is extant. The Reid Baronetcy, of

Barra Barra (; gd, Barraigh or ; sco, Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by a short causeway. The island is name ...

in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 November 1703 for John Reid. The second Baronet represented Elgin Burghs in the

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between 1710 and 1713. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1885. The Reid Baronetcy, of Ewell Grove in the County of Surrey and of Graystone Park in the County of Dumfries, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 November 1823 for

Thomas Reid Thomas Reid (; 7 May ( O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he wa ...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1903. The Reid Baronetcy, of

Ellon Ellon may refer to: *Ellon, Aberdeenshire Ellon ( gd, Eilean) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotla ...

in the

, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 August 1897 for James Reid. He was physician to

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and

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. The third Baronet served as a Deputy Lieutenant of

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. The Reid Baronetcy, of

Springburn Springburn ( gd, Allt an Fhuairainn) is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its ind ...

in the County of the City of Glasgow and of

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in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1922 for Hugh Reid. He was Chairman and Managing Director of the North British Locomotive Company. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 2012. The Reid Baronetcy, of Rademon in the County of Down, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 February 1936 for David Reid, Unionist

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for East Down from 1918 to 1922 and for Down from 1922 to 1939. The title became extinct on his death in 1939.

Reid baronets, of Barra (1703)

* Sir John Reid, 1st Baronet (died after 1722) * Sir Alexander Reid, 2nd Baronet (died 1750) *

Sir James Reid, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(died ) *

Sir John Reid, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1760–1829) * Sir John Reid, 5th Baronet (1794–1844) * Sir William Reid, 6th Baronet (1795–1845) * Sir Alexander Reid, 7th Baronet (1798–1885)

Reid baronets, of Ewell Grove (1823)

* Sir Thomas Reid, 1st Baronet (1762–1824) * Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867) * Sir John Rae Reid, 3rd Baronet (1841–1885) * Sir Henry Valentine Rae Reid, 4th Baronet (1845–1903)

Reid baronets, of Ellon (1897)

Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet (23 October 1849 – 28 June 1923) was a British doctor who served as physician-in-ordinary to three British monarchs, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V. A physician, a Scotsman from Aberdeenshire a ...

(1849–1923) * Sir Edward Reid, 2nd Baronet (1901–1972) *

Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet 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 Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Malaya with ...

(1932–2019) *Sir Charles Edward James Reid, 4th Baronet (born 1956) The

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is the present holder's only son Marcus James Reid (born 1994).

Reid baronets, of Springburn and Kilmaurs (1922)

Sir Hugh Reid, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1860–1935) * Sir Douglas Neilson Reid, 2nd Baronet (1898–1971) * Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd Baronet (1933–2012)

Reid baronets, of Rademon (1936)

* Sir David Douglas Reid, 1st Baronet (1872–1939)

References

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