Background
REID, Robert was born on February 7, 1921. Son of the late Sir Robert Niel Reid, Knight Commander of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, and Lady A. H. Reid (nee Disney).
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Robert Basil Reid
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Education
Malvern College, Brasenose College, Oxford.
Career
Commander Royal Tank Regiment 1941, rank of Captain 1945. Traffic apprentice, London and North. East. Railway 1947, Goods Agent, York 1958-1960, Assistant District Goods Manager, Glasgow 1960-1961, District Passenger Manager 1961-1963, Division Commercial Manager 1963-1967, Planning Manager, Scottish Region 1967-1968, Division Manager, Doncaster 1968-1972, Deputy General Manager, East. Region, York 1972-1974, General Manager, South. Region 1974-1976, Executive. Executive (Railways), British Railways Board 1980-1990, Chairman 1983-1990.
Chairman West. Lambeth Health Authority 19SW-.
Director British Transport Hotels Limited. 1977-1983; Chairman Freightliner Company Limited.
1978-1980. President C.I.T. 1982-1983.
Fellow, Brasenose College since 1984.
Membership
Foreign Marketing 1977-1980, Chief. International Union of Railways (UIC, French: Union Internationale des Chemins de fer) Board of Manager, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations.
Interests
Connections
Married Isobel Jean McLachlan in 1951 (died in 1976).
