Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn

The Earl Loreburn
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
10 December 1905 – 10 June 1912
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Prime MinisterSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Earl of Halsbury
Succeeded byThe Viscount Haldane
Personal details
Born(1846-04-03)3 April 1846
Corfu Town, Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands
Died30 November 1923(1923-11-30) (aged 77)
Walmer, Kent
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)(1) Emily Fleming (d. 1904)
(2) Violet Hicks-Beach
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, GCMG, PC (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and radical[1] Liberal politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1905 and 1912.

  1. ^ Wilson, Keith M. (31 January 1985). The Policy of the Entente: Essays on the Determinants of British Foreign Policy, 1904–1914. ISBN 9780521301954.