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Reid is the Scots form of the word 'red'. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Reid chief, and the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA) lists Reid, with Read and Reed, among the surnames associated with Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson) of Perthshire. One well-documented bearer of the name was General John Reid (c.1721-1807), son of Alexander Robertson of Straloch, who took his mother's maiden name.
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No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Reid chief. COSCA lists Reid, with Read and Reed, among the surnames associated with Clan Donnachaidh, whose names also include Robertson and Duncan.
John Reid (c.1721-1807) was the son of Alexander Robertson of Straloch and 'adopted his mother's maiden name as his own, she being a Reid of Straloch'. He was commissioned in Lord Loudon's regiment of Highlanders in 1745, served on the Hanoverian side, and left £68,876 to found a Chair of Music at the University of Edinburgh, established in 1839.
The Scottish Register of Tartans lists 'Reid of Straloch', a personal tartan in the Name category designed by J. Wallace Reid, and 'Reid, Green', in the Clan/Family category, designed by Dr Philip D Smith Jnr.
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