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Robert Threshie Reid

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 3 April 1846, Corfu, Greece

Died: 30 November 1923

Peerages

1st Baron Loreburn - 8 January 1906

1st Earl of Loreburn - 4 July 1911

Knighted - 1894

Member of Privy Council - 1906

husband of Emily Fleming

son of Mary Threshie

son of Sir John James Reid

husband of Violet Elizabeth Hicks-Beach

son-in-law of William Frederick Hicks-Beach

Education

Cheltenham College

Balliol College, Oxford

Appointments

Elections fought

1 April 1880		Hereford	Liberal Party	1,321	53.20
4 December 1885		Dunbartonshire	Liberal Party	4,357	49.12
8 July 1886		Dumfries District of Burghs	Liberal Party	1,547	55.97
11 July 1892		Dumfries District of Burghs	Liberal Party	1,698	59.29
3 May 1894 Appointment of Robert Reid as Solicitor-General.
7 May 1894		Dumfries District of Burghs	Liberal Party	Unopposed
22 July 1895		Dumfries District of Burghs	Liberal Party	1,785	60.10
6 October 1900		Dumfries District of Burghs	Liberal Party	1,847	58.69