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style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> politician. He served as <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Chancellor_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain">Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain</a> between 1905 and 1912. </p><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">The Earl Loreburn</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Loreburn_GGBain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lord_Loreburn_GGBain.jpg/200px-Lord_Loreburn_GGBain.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Lord_Loreburn_GGBain.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="229" data-file-height="336"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Chancellor_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain">Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>10 December 1905 – 10 June 1912</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a><br><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a><br><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury">The Earl of Halsbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">The Viscount Haldane</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1846-04-03</span>)</span>3 April 1846<br><a href="/wiki/Corfu_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Corfu Town">Corfu Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Corfu</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">United States of the Ionian Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">30 November 1923<span style="display:none">(1923-11-30)</span> (aged 77)<br><a href="/wiki/Walmer" title="Walmer">Walmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">(1) Emily Fleming (d. 1904) <br> (2) Violet Hicks-Beach</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background_and_education"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background and education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Political_career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Political career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Personal_life"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Arms"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Arms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Corfu_(city)" title="Corfu (city)">Corfu</a>, the largest city on <a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">the island of the same name</a>, Loreburn was the son of Sir James John Reid, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Ionian_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of the Ionian Islands">Chief Justice of the Ionian Islands</a>, at the time a British proctectorate. His mother was Mary, daughter of Robert Threshie. Loreburn was educated at <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_College" title="Cheltenham College">Cheltenham College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a>. While at Oxford, he represented the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club" title="Oxford University Cricket Club">Oxford University Cricket Club</a> in fifteen <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class</a> matches as a <a href="/wiki/Wicket-keeper" title="Wicket-keeper">wicket-keeper</a>, spanning from 1865 to 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained involved in cricket for many years after, with appearances for the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a> (MCC) and <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Herefordshire County Cricket Club">Herefordshire</a> at lower levels of the sport, amongst other sides.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Loreburn's national political career began in 1880, when he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> as Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Hereford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)">Hereford</a>. He stayed there until 1885, when he ran unsuccessfully in <a href="/wiki/Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunbartonshire</a>, but returned to the Commons in 1886 for <a href="/wiki/Dumfries_Burghs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dumfries Burghs">Dumfries Burghs</a>. He remained in the House of Commons until 1905; during this time period, he was appointed to the offices of <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> (1894)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General</a> (1894–1895). He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George</a> (GCMG) in 1899 for services in connection with the Venezuela Boundary Arbitration Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the House of Commons in 1905, though, and became <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> under <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a>. On his appointment he was raised to the peerage as <b>Baron Loreburn</b>, of Dumfries in the County of Dumfries.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The Loreburn was a stream which historically ran close to Dumfries, and which was the source of the town's motto and rallying cry, "A Lore Burne".) Alternative explanations include the name coming from Dumfries’ motto ‘A Lore burne’, based on the war-cry ‘To the Lower Burn’.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Threshie_Reid,_Vanity_Fair,_1895-01-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg/200px-Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="331" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="866"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 331px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg/200px-Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg" data-width="200" data-height="331" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg/300px-Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg/400px-Robert_Threshie_Reid%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1895-01-10.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Caricature by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Ward" title="Leslie Ward">Spy</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(British_magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (British magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i>, 1895</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1900s and 1910s, many Liberal politicians took up the ideology of <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Imperialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Imperialism">Liberal Imperialism</a>, led by the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> (<a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Haldane">Richard Haldane</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)">Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Grey" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edward Grey">Sir Edward Grey</a>). This triumvirate of politicians was strongly in favour of an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Entente" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Entente">entente</a> with France, along with the creation of a <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a>, in the event of a war between France and Germany. These three politicians made their views known, and when Campbell-Bannerman appointed his cabinet, he appointed Loreburn Lord Chancellor as a counter to the Liberal Imperialists. <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> referred to him as belonging to the "radical element" within the Liberal party.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908, Asquith became prime minister. Lord Loreburn's disagreements with Haldane, Grey, Asquith, and eventually <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">David Lloyd George</a> became more prominent. Asquith, Lloyd George, Grey, Churchill, and Haldane met secretly on 23 August 1911, and when certain Cabinet members found out, they were furious. <a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">Reginald McKenna</a> had recently been deprived of his position as <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a> for refusing to provide military aid to the French, and he led the majority (whose members included Loreburn, McKenna, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for the Colonies">Colonial Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Vernon_Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Vernon Harcourt">Lewis Vernon Harcourt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pease" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Pease">Jack Pease</a>) in "a strong line about Cabinet supremacy over all other bodies in the matter of sea and land defence". <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Brett,_2nd_Viscount_Esher" title="Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher">Lord Esher</a> wrote, "There has been a serious crisis. Fifteen members of the Cabinet against five. The Entente is decidedly imperilled." </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1stEarlLoreburn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1stEarlLoreburn.jpg/220px-1stEarlLoreburn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 320px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1stEarlLoreburn.jpg/220px-1stEarlLoreburn.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="320" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1stEarlLoreburn.jpg/330px-1stEarlLoreburn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1stEarlLoreburn.jpg/440px-1stEarlLoreburn.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Earl Loreburn</figcaption></figure> <p>He was created <b>Earl Loreburn</b> on 4 July 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unfortunately, Lord Loreburn's health began declining, and in the summer of 1912, he resigned his Lord Chancellorship. In a parting, "valedictory" letter to Lord Haldane, he wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My differences with you have always been this, you have been an Imperialist "au fond" and always in my opinion it is quite impossible to reconcile Imperialism with the Liberal creed which we professed, and on the force of which we received the support of the country. In this way we became hopelessly estranged on the greatest of all issues.</p></blockquote> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/July_Crisis" title="July Crisis">July Crisis</a> Loreburn opposed British intervention in the impending continental war. On 31 July 1914 the <i><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Guardian">Manchester Guardian</a></i>, to his delight, attacked the way in which Britain appeared to have been secretly committed to the side of France and Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKoss157_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKoss157-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1918, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> came to consider the <a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">Bill</a> which went on to become the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918" title="Representation of the People Act 1918">Representation of the People Act 1918</a>, for the first time introducing a limited <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">women's suffrage</a>. Loreburn moved an <a href="/wiki/Amend_(motion)" title="Amend (motion)">amendment</a> to delete from the Bill the sections which would give the vote to women, but the Lords were not persuaded and on a division the amendment was lost by 134 votes against to 71 in favour.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He continued to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Lords_of_Appeal_in_Ordinary" title="Lords of Appeal in Ordinary">Law Lord</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_functions_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Judicial functions of the House of Lords">House of Lords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Lord Loreburn married firstly Emily, daughter of A. C. Fleming, in 1871. After her death in August 1904 he married secondly Violet Elizabeth, daughter of <a href="/wiki/William_Frederick_Hicks-Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="William Frederick Hicks-Beach">William Frederick Hicks-Beach</a>, in 1907. There were no children from either marriage. Lord Loreburn died on 30 November 1923, aged 77, at which his titles became extinct. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/File:Loreburn_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Loreburn_Escutcheon.png/200px-Loreburn_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="232" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="531"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 232px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Loreburn_Escutcheon.png/200px-Loreburn_Escutcheon.png" data-width="200" data-height="232" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Loreburn_Escutcheon.png/300px-Loreburn_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Loreburn_Escutcheon.png/400px-Loreburn_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>A cubit arm holding a book leaves expanded Proper.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Azure a lion rampant Argent on a chief engrailed Or a book expanded Proper between two keys in saltire Gules and two swords in saltire of the last.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a collie dog Proper.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>Pro Virtute <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> 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Retrieved 16 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32302/all_teams.html">Teams Robert Reid played for</a> – CricketArchive. 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