London, Feb. 5.
The death is announced of the Rt Hon. Mr. Russell Rea, p.c, wp. for South Shields and a junior Lord of the Treasury since 1915.—Reuter Special.
The late Mr. Russell Rea was a shipowner and merchant; he was the founder and head of the firm of R. and Rea. From 1900 to 1910 Mr.
Russell Rea represented Gloucester in Parliament as a Liberal. He was a mem. ber of several Departmental Committees trid the Royal Commission on Malta.—
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