Background
REID, Martin was born on August 27, 1928 in London. Son of the late Marcus Reid and Winifred Mary Stephens.
REID, Martin was born on August 27, 1928 in London. Son of the late Marcus Reid and Winifred Mary Stephens.
Merchant Taylors’ School, and Brasenose College, Oxford.
London 1983, Kingston, Jamaica 1987, Dulwich, London 1989.Served in Paris, Rangoon, London, Georgetown and Bucharest 1954-1970. Deputy High Commissioner, Malawi 1970-1973. Principal Private Secretary to successive Secs, of State for Northern Ireland 1973-1974.
Head of Central and Southern African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1974-1978.
Minister of British Embassy, South. Africa 1979-1982. Attached to Civil Service Selection Board 1983.
British High Commissioner to Jamaica and Ambassador (non-resident) to Haiti 1984-1987. Research Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1987-1988.
Honorary Secretary Friends of Student Christian Movement since 1989.
Married Jane Elizabeth Harwood in 1956.