Background
Reid, Dougal Gordon was born on December 31, 1925 in Hong Kong. Son of Douglas and Catherine Jean (Lowson) Reid.
educator foreign service officer
Reid, Dougal Gordon was born on December 31, 1925 in Hong Kong. Son of Douglas and Catherine Jean (Lowson) Reid.
Student, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England, 1944. Student, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England, 1947—1948. Student, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1948.
Administrative officer Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service, Sierra Leone, 1949—1962. Sales executive Arthur Guinness Son & Company, London, Glasgow, Scotland, 1962—1963. 1st secretary Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Accra, Seoul, counsellor, Kinshasa New Delhi, Singapore, 1963—1980, ambassador to Liberia, Monrovia, 1980—1985.
Director studies Royal Institute Public Administration, London, since 1985. Lieutenant Royal Marines, 1944-1946.
Member of Pubin Club (Seoul), Marylebone Cricket Club (London), Royal Commonwealth Society Club, Travellers Club.
Married Georgina Elizabeth Johnston, September 29, 1950. 1 child Dallas Lorne Patrick.