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Revision as of 22:41, 3 June 2018
Very Rev Dr George T. H. Reid DD MC (b.1910) was a 20th century Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1973/74.[1]
Life
He was born on 31 March 1910 in Leith the twin son of Rev David Reid of St John's United Free Church. The family lived at 6 Claremont Park on Leith Links.[2] He was educated at George Watson's College then studied Divinity at Edinburgh University.
He was minister of the Langstane Kirk in Aberdeen.
He won the Military Cross in the Second World War.
In 1973 he succeeded Ronald Selby Wright as Moderator of the General Assembly. He was succeeded in turn by Very Rev David Steel in 1974.
He retired in 1975.[3]
Family
He was twin brother to Rev Prof John ("Jack") Kelman Sutherland Reid.[4]
References
- ^ https://www.geni.com/projects/Moderators-of-the-General-Assembly-of-the-Church-of-Scotland/15939
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1910
- ^ Aberdeen Press and Journal, 7 October 1975
- ^ https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/rev-prof-jks-jack-reid-1-608275
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