Refused to be Members of the First Dáil - David Reid

Sir David Reid, 1st Baronet (24 August 1872 – 23 March 1939) was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Down from 1922 until his death in 1939.

He attended Queens College, Belfast and New College, Oxford, graduating with 1st Class honours in History. He then became a barrister. He contested East Tyrone in 1910 before becoming a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Down from 1918 to 1922, when the constituency was abolished.