Gavin Reid

{{for|the Scottish economist|Gavin Clydesdale Reid}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd

| name = Gavin Reid

| honorific-suffix = BA(Hons)

| title = Bishop of Maidstone

| diocese = Diocese of Canterbury

| term = 1992–2001

| predecessor = David Smith

| successor = Graham Cray

| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in St Edmundsbury & Ipswich (2008–present)
Consultant Missioner, CPAS (1990–1992)

| ordination = 1960 (deacon); 1961 (priest)

| consecration = 1992

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|5|24|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| parents = Arthur and Jean Guthrie

| spouse = Mary Smith (m. 1959)

| children = Two sons, one daughter

| occupation =

| profession = Author

| alma_mater = London (Queen Mary and King's)

}}

Gavin Hunter Reid OBE (born 24 May 1934) was the Bishop of Maidstone from 1992 until 2001. Reid's post was in effect the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, since the Bishop of Dover is the de facto diocesan due to the Archbishop of Canterbury's other duties."Reid, Rt Rev. Gavin Hunter", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U32220], accessed 9 July 2012

Reid was educated at The John Roan School in Greenwich and King's College London. Ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961,Crockford's clerical directory (London, Church House 1995) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}} after a curacy at St Paul's East Ham{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintpauls.fsnet.co.uk/ |title=Parish details |access-date=7 June 2008 |archive-date=23 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623100952/http://www.saintpauls.fsnet.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }} he served in a succession of administrative posts for the Church Pastoral Aid Society before his ordination to the episcopate. He is a prolific author and his works include The Gagging of God (1969), A New Happiness (1974), To Reach a Nation (1987), Our Place in his Story (1994) and To Canterbury with Love. He was awarded the OBE in 1999[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/new_years_honours/584147.stm OBE award] for his contribution to the Millennium celebrations. He retired[http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2861.asp Succession details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817073050/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2861.asp |date=2007-08-17 }} to Beccles in 2001 and is an assistant bishop in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.Daily Telegraph, p. 30, 17 November 2008.