Letters of Sir Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn (1846-1923) 1900-1906

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Letters of Sir Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn (1846-1923) 1900-1906

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Edinburgh University Library

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Reid Robert Threshie 1846-1923

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Loreburn, Robert T. Reid (Robert Threshie Reid), Earl, 1846-1923

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Robert Threshie Reid was born 3 April 1846 and was a native of Dumfriesshire. He was educated at Cheltenham College and he studied at Balliol College, Oxford. He became a Barrister in 1871 and a QC in 1882. Reid was also an M.P., for Hereford in 1880 and for Dumfries 1886-1905. He became Solicitor-General and then Attorney-General in 1894. Between 1905 and 1912 he was Lord Chancellor. He received a Baronetcy in 1906, and was knighted in 1894. He was also decorated for his services in connection ...