Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet

Sir Alexander James Reid, JP, MA was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire from 1987 to 1988. 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 Lady Margaret Bowes-Lyon on 15 October 1955; they have one son and two 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.