Martin Reid

Sir Harold Martin Smith Reid (27 August 1928 – 20 June 2006) was a British diplomat who served as high commissioner to Jamaica from 1984 to 1987.

Early life and education

Reid was born on 27 August 1928, the son of Marcus Reid and Winifred Mary Reid (née Stephens). He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and then, after National Service in the Royal Navy, at Brasenose College, Oxford where he read Greats.

Career

Reid entered the Foreign Service in 1953, and in the following year was posted to Paris where he remained until 1957. After serving in Rangoon from 1958 to 1961, he spent four years at the Foreign Office. From 1965 to 1968, he was at Georgetown, Guyana, as deputy high commissioner, and then from 1968 to 1970 at Bucharest.

In 1984, he was appointed high commissioner to Jamaica and non-resident ambassador to Haiti, posts he held until his retirement in 1987. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours.