Robert Dyce Reid
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Robert Dyce Reid (3 August 1829 – 5 September 1900)[1] was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia, member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Reid was the third son of Lt. Dr. David Reid, surgeon R.N., and his wife Agnes, née Dyce and was born on 3 August 1829, at Inverary Park, near Goulburn, New South Wales.[2] He was the brother of cricketer Curtis and pastroalist David.[1] Reid went to Victoria at seventeen years of age, and settled in the Ovens district, at Reid's Creek, immediately after the opening up of the Mount Alexander goldfield. He was engaged for thirty years in squatting pursuits, and subsequently visited England.[3]
