Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet

He was born on 6 December 1932 and educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Malaya with the Gordon Highlanders and was Captain of the 3rd Battalion (TA) until 1964.

He married Michaela Kier^[2] on 15 October 1955; they had one son (the heir, Charles Edward James Reid, born 24 June 1956)^[3] and three daughters.

A Director of Ellon Castle Estates from 1965 to 1996, he was also Chairman of Governors at Heath Mount School from 1976 to 1992.^{[citation needed]}