Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea
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Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 26 May 1948 – 22 April 1981 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Lord Rea |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Lord Rea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip Russell Rea 7 February 1900 |
| Died | 22 April 1981 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Lorna Smith
(m. 1922; died 1978) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Grenoble |
Philip Russell Rea, 2nd Baron Rea,
PC
(7 February 1900 – 22 April 1981) was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician and merchant banker.
The eldest son of
University of Grenoble
.
In 1918, during the closing stages of the
Second World War he returned to the British Army and served as personal staff officer to Brigadier Colin Gubbins, Head of the Special Operations Executive, a key British intelligence and guerrilla operations agency. He was an officer of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
.
Lord Rea served as Leader of the
Privy Councillor
in 1962.
Rea married Lorna Smith (died 11 December 1978) on 7 April 1922. They had a son and daughter, but as his son Piers Russell Rea (1925–1934) died young, he was succeeded by Nicolas Rea, the son of his younger brother James Russell Rea (1902–1954).
His daughter, the Hon. Ann Felicity Rea (born 1923) served in the WRNS in the Second World War[1] and married SOE veteran Malcolm Munthe in 1945.
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References
- Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (105th edition, 1970)
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