John Reid (minister)

The Reverend

John Reid
The Reverend; John Reid
	Reid c. 1857
Church	United Secession Church (1829–1833); Congregationalist (1833–1837); Auld Licht Burgher (1837–1839); Church of Scotland (1839–1857); Synod of New South Wales (1858–1862); Bethel Union (1862–1867);
Orders
Ordination	1829
Personal details
Born	1800; Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died	18 July 1867 (aged 66–67); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Denomination	Presbyterianism
Spouse	Marion Crybbace (m. 1834)
Children	7, inc. George
Education	University of Edinburgh

John Reid (1800 – 18 July 1867) was a Presbyterian minister from Scotland who was also active in England and Australia. Born in Ayrshire, he was ordained into the United Secession Church in 1829, but later led independent and Burgher churches. He joined the established Church of Scotland in 1839, and in 1845 took over an expatriate congregation in Liverpool, England. Reid immigrated to Australia in 1852, living in Melbourne until 1858 and then in Sydney. He left the Church of Scotland and for a while ministered in John Dunmore Lang's schismatic sect, eventually ending his career at a non-denominational Bethel Union congregation. His son George Reid became the fourth Prime Minister of Australia.

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