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The Lord Reid
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Reid in 1941, by Walter Stoneman
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| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 1948–1975 |
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| Lord Advocate | |
| In office 1941–1945 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Thomas Cooper |
| Succeeded by | George Thomson |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
| In office 1936–1941 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir David King Murray |
| Member of Parliament for Glasgow Hillhead |
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| In office 10 June 1937 – 6 October 1948 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Robert Horne |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Galbraith |
| Member of Parliament for Stirling and Falkirk |
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| In office 27 October 1931 – 25 October 1935 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Murnin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Westwood |
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| Born | 30 July 1890 Drem, Scotland |
| Died | 29 March 1975 (aged 84) London, England |
| Spouse | Esther Brierly (m. 1933) |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Royal Scots |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
James Scott Cumberland Reid, Baron Reid, CH, PC, FRSE (30 July 1890 – 29 March 1975) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. His reputation is as one of the most outstanding judges of the 20th century.
Life
He was born on 30 July 1890 in Drem, East Lothian the son of James Reid a Solicitor of the Supreme Courts (SSC) and his wife, Kate Scott.
Educated at Edinburgh Academy, he then studied law at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1910 and LLB in 1911. He was admitted as an advocate in 1914.
He was commissioned into the 8th battalion Royal Scots in World War I and was seconded to the Machine Gun Corps in 1916, serving in Mesopotamia and reaching the rank of Major. He resigned his commission in 1921. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1932.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling and Falkirk from October 1931 until his defeat in November 1935, and for Glasgow Hillhead from June 1937 until September 1948.
He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from June 1936 until June 1941, and as Lord Advocate from June 1941 until July 1945, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1941.
From 1945 to 1948 he was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. In 1948 he was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and received a Law Life Peerage as Baron Reid, of Drem in East Lothian. He sat as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until 1975. He was one of very few people to be appointed a Law Lord straight from the Bar, without any intervening judicial experience.
Reid was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1967.
He died in London on 29 March 1975.
Family
In 1933 he married Mrs Esther Mary Brierley (née Nelson), a widow.
They did not have any children.
Cases decided
- Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw [1956] AC 613, [1956] 2 WLR 707, [1956] 1 All ER 615
- Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd aka (Wagon Mound (No. 1)) [1961] 1 All ER 404
- Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd [1962] AC 446
- Shaw v DPP [1962] AC 220
- Ridge v Baldwin, [1964] AC 40
- Rookes v. Barnard [1964] AC 1129
- Beswick v Beswick [1968] AC 58
- Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke, [1969] 1 AC 645
- Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office [1970] AC 1004
- McGhee v National Coal Board [1972] 3 All ER 1008
- Knuller v. DPP [1973] A.C. 435
- Norwich Pharmacal Co. v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1974] AC 133
