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Reitlinger, Gerald Roberts, son of Albert Reitlinger, of South Kensington; b. March 2, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left July 1918; Slade School of Art, 1919-20; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Trinity 1920; B. Litt. 1923; a painter; author of A Tower of Skulls (1932), South of the Clouds (1939), The Final Solution (1953), The SS. Alibi of a Nation (1956), The House built on Sand (1959), and the Economics of taste (1961); d. 8 Mar. 1978.

Reid-Dick, John Francis, son of Sir William Reid-Dick KCVO RA, Pres. Roy. Soc. of British Sculptors, and Catherine, d. of William John Treadwell of Northampton; b. 1 July 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left Mar. 1938; Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1940; Mahratta LI (IA) in WW2 (Capt.); m. 22 Mar. 1947 Marie Gulielma Barbara, d. of Brig.-Gen. Sir William Henry Manning GCMG KBE CB, Governor of Ceylon; d. 19 Feb. 1970.

Reid, Peter Elliott, son of Ralph Elliott Reid of W. Kensington; b. 3 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left Dec. 1932; RAF 1940-6; dep. underwriter General Life Assurance Co. 1957; m. 23 Dec. 1948 Joan Alice, d. of Walter Thomas Fear of Bletchley, Bucks.; d. July 2006.

REID, JOHN RAMSAY, only son of Hugh Galbraith Reid FSA, Assistant Comptroller, Stationery Office, and Christina, second dau. of James Ramsay McCulloch, Comptroller, Stationery Office, statistician and political economist; b. 18 Oct 1855; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (James'); left May 1874; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1875; BA 1879; MA 1882; adm. Inner Temple 25 Jan 1878, called to bar 27 Apr 1883; d. 19 Oct 1893.

Reid, Ian Douglas Morrell, son of Douglas Arthur Reid, sec. -gen. Soc. of Foreign Bondholders, and Anna Marie, d. of Sir John Lawson Walton KC MP, Attorney-Gen.; b. 23 Sept. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1942; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948; adm. solicitor July 1951; asst. sec. Brit. Red Cross Soc. 1951-66, dir. Internat. Affairs 1966-71; adviser League of Red Cross Socs 1971-87; m. 18 Nov. 1944 Pamela Katherine, d. of Arthur Barclay of Ballinafad, Co. Galway, Ireland.

Reid, Gordon Nigel Gerrard, son of Capt. Eric Reid, colonial civil servant, of Tanganyika; b. 27 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B); left July 1936.

REID, GEORGE, son of George Reid, Watlington Hall, Norfolk, and Louisa, sister of Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart. (qv); b. 29 Apr 1808; adm. 17 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); left 1823; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1824; Cornet, 1st Light Cavalry 28 Sep 1825; Lieut., 7 Dec 1827; Brevet Capt., 28 Sep 1840; Superintendent, Mysore Princes at Calcutta 3 Jul 1845; served in First Afghan War and Gwalior campaign; d. at Calcutta 16 Oct 1845.

Reid, Douglas Houstoun Rupert, son of Sir George Houstoun Reid, K.C.M.G., by Flora, daughter of John Bromby, of Cressy, Tasmania; b. April 27, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1911; Lieut. R.F.A. July 1, 1917; served in France; sustained shell-shock at the battle of Arras and invalided home; assist. secretary to the Allied Nitrate of Soda Executive in London.