Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea
John Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea (6 June 1928 – 1 June 2020), commonly known as Nicolas Rea, was a British hereditary peer, doctor and politician.
The Lord Rea | |
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 Rea's last parliamentary speech, 2020 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as a hereditary peer 21 April 1982 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Rea |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 1 June 2020 | |
| Election | 1999 |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Viscount Stansgate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Nicolas Rea 6 June 1928[1] |
| Died | 1 June 2020 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
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| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | James Russell Rea Betty Marion Bevan |
| Education | MA (Cam), MB BChir, MD, DObst RCOG, |
| Alma mater | Dartington Hall School Belmont Hill School Dauntsey's School Christ's College, Cambridge University College Hospital |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Learned societies | Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners Member of the Royal Society of Medicine |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Rank | Acting Sergeant |
| Unit | Suffolk Regiment |
Early life
Rea was born in 1928 to James Russell Rea and Betty Rea (née Bevan),[1] and attended Dartington Hall School in Devon, Belmont Hill School in Massachusetts and Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire. He was further educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in natural sciences, a Bachelor of Medicine, a Bachelor of Surgery in 1951, and became a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1969.[1] At University College Hospital, London, he achieved a Diploma in Obstetrics (DObst RCOG), Diploma in Child Health and a Diploma in Public Health in the time from 1956 to 1965. In 1981, he succeeded to the barony of Rea.
Career
Rea served as acting sergeant in the Suffolk Regiment between 1946 and 1948, and held various Junior hospital posts between 1954 and 1957. He was research fellow in paediatrics in Ibadan and Lagos in Nigeria from 1962 to 1965, and lecturer in social medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London from 1966 to 1968. From 1957 to 1962, and from 1968 to 1993, he also worked as general practitioner in North London.
Politics
Rea was a member of Amicus, Healthlink Worldwide and the Mary Ward Centre. He supported the Mother and Child Foundation, the Caroline Walker Trust and was honourable secretary of the National Heart Forum. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and one of the ninety elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.[2]
Personal life
In 1951, Rea married Elizabeth Robinson, with whom he had four sons, Matthew James, Daniel William, Quentin Thomas and John Silas Nathaniel. With other partners he had daughters Bess Connif and Ella ‘Rosy' Amy Benjamin. He married Judith Mary Powell in 1991, the same year he divorced his first wife.[1]
He died on 1 June 2020 at the age of 91.[3]
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References
- Darryl Lundy (30 September 2012). "Person Page 55680". The Peerage. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- Nizinskyj, Paul (24 November 2013). "John Rea, 3rd Baron Rea". Peers Magazine. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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- Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2006.