Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea
- Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea
Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea (1900 - 1981) was a British peer, Liberal politician and Merchant Banker.
He was the eldest son of Walter Rea (a Liberal MP) and his first wife, Evelyn. He was educated in Westminster School, and then Oxford University, where he graduated with a Master of Arts, and the University of Grenoble.
In 1918 during the First World War he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. During the Second World War he served as personal staff officer to Brigadier Colin Gubbins, the Head of SOE, a key British intelligence and guerrilla operations agency.
He served as Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1955 to 1967. In the House of Lords he had been Chief Liberal Whip 1950-1955, a Deputy Speaker from 1954 and Deputy Chairman of Committees 1950-1955. He was President of the Liberal Party 1955-1956 and Vice-President from 1970.
Philip Rea married Lorna Smith (died 11 December 1978) on 7 April 1922. They had a son and daughter, but as his son Piers Russell Rea (1925-1934) died young, he was succeeded by the son of his brother James Russell Rea (1902-1954).
His daughter, the Right Hon. Ann Felicity Rea (born 1923) served in the WRNS in the Second World War, and married SOE veteran Malcolm Munthe in 1945.
References
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (105th edition, 1970)
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