Sir George Reid, who died 12 August, 2025, aged 86, was an award-winning broadcaster who became a Scottish Nationalist MP, international publicity director for the Red Cross, a founder member of the revived Scottish Parliament, its Presiding Officer from 2003 to 2007, and in 2022 a Knight of the Thistle.
He was born 4 June, 1939. He was a Scottish politician and journalist who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 1999 to 2003 and then for the Ochil constituency from 2003 to 2007. Reid was the MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire from February 1974 to 1979.
Reid was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in January 2008, to serve as Queen Elizabeth II's personal representative to the Church of Scotland. This position is second only to the monarch and consort in the ceremonial Order of Precedence in Scotland. He was reappointed to the role in 2009.
Reid was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to Scottish politics and public life. In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). In Jun3, 2022, Reid was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle alongside Dame Elish Angiolini. They were the last Thistle appointments of the late Queen's reign.
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