Robert Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn
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The Right Honourable The Earl Loreburn GCMG PC |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 10 December 1905 – 10 June 1912 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister |
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Halsbury |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Haldane |
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| Born |
3 April 1846 Corfu Town, Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands |
| Died |
30 November 1923 (aged 77) Walmer, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Emily Fleming (d. 1904) (2) Violet Hicks-Beach |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, GCMG, PC (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and radicalLiberal politician. He served as Lord Chancellor between 1905 and 1912.
Born in Corfu, the largest city on the island of the same name, Loreburn was the son of Sir James John Reid, Chief Justice of the Ionian Islands, at the time a British proctectorate. His mother was Mary, daughter of Robert Threshie. Loreburn was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he represented the Oxford University Cricket Club in fifteen first-class matches as a wicket-keeper, spanning from 1865 to 1868. He remained involved in cricket for many years after, with appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Herefordshire at lower levels of the sport, amongst other sides.
Loreburn's national political career began in 1880, when he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Hereford. He stayed there until 1886, when he became MP for Dumfries Burghs. He remained in the House of Commons until 1905; during this time period, he was appointed to the offices of Solicitor General and knighted (1894) and Attorney General (1894–1895). He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in 1899. He left the House of Commons in 1905, though, and became Lord Chancellor under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman On his appointment he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loreburn, of Dumfries in the County of Dumfries.
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