Alec (Reid) Cunningham-Reid MP DFC
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Alec Stratford (Reid) Cunningham-Reid MP DFC (1895 - 1977)

Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid MP DFC formerly Reid
Born in Merton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdommap
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Husband of — married 12 May 1927 (to 1940) in Southam, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married before 31 Dec 1944 (to 1949) in Southam, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married before 26 Mar 1977 in Westminster, London, Englandmap
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Died at age 81 in Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes, Francemap
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Biography

Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid, originally Alec Stratford Reid, was an English aviator and politician, son of Reverend Arthur Morse Reid and his wife Agnes Celina Flower.

Educated at University College School and Clare College, Cambridge, in the First World War he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, being credited with seven aerial victories and in 1918 awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1922 he entered UK politics, being elected as Member of Parliament for Warrington and later for St Marylebone until defeated in 1945.

In 1927 he married Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, coheiress of a multimillionaire and sister-in-law of Lord Louis Mountbatten, with whom he had two sons before divorcing in 1940. In 1944 he married Angela Williams, but they divorced. He died in France in 1977.

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