Sir Robert Niel Reid (15 July 1883 – 24 October 1964) was a British colonial administrator in India. He was

Governor of Assam This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War. The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of Assam. The ...

from 1937 to 1942. His son, Sir Robert Basil Reid, was chairman of the

British Railways Board The British Railways Board (BRB) was a State ownership, nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that operated from 1963 to 2001. Until 1997, it was responsible for most railway services in History of rail transport in Great Britain 1995 to d ...

from 1983 until 1990.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Robert 1883 births 1964 deaths Governors of Assam Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal