Background
Only son of Joseph Reid, of 22 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, he attended Queens College, Belfast and New College, Oxford, graduating with 1st Class Honours in History.
Only son of Joseph Reid, of 22 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, he attended Queens College, Belfast and New College, Oxford, graduating with 1st Class Honours in History.
New College.
He then became a barrister at the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in 1898. He was Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party at Westminster. In 1936, when appointed Sheriff of Down, he was created a Baronet, of Rademon.
(Prior to his creation as a baronet, he was known as "Doctorate Doctorate Reid").
Upon his death the baronetcy became extinct. Sir David died in Brown"s Hotel, London and was buried in Kilmore, Crossgar, Company
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He contested East Tyrone in 1910 before becoming a Unionist Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Down from 1918 to 1922, when the constituency was abolished.