Sir David Reid, 1st Baronet

Sir David Douglas Reid, 1st Baronet, JP (24 August 1872 – 23 March 1939) was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Down from 1922 until his death in 1939.^[2]

Only son of Joseph Reid,^[3] of 22 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, he attended Queens College, Belfast and New College, Oxford, graduating with 1st Class Honours in History.^[4] He then became a barrister at the Inner Temple^[5] and was called to the Bar in 1898.^[3] He contested East Tyrone in 1910 before becoming a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Down from 1918 to 1922, when the constituency was abolished. He was Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party at Westminster.^[6]

In 1936, when appointed Sheriff of Down, he was created a Baronet, of Rademon.^[7] (Prior to his creation as a baronet, he was known as "D. D. Reid".) Upon his death the baronetcy became extinct.^{[citation needed]}

Sir David died in Brown's Hotel, London^[8] and was buried in Kilmore, Crossgar, County Down.^{[citation needed]}