John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Novelist, Author
1875 – 1940
Who was John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir?
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
After a brief legal career Buchan simultaneously began both his writing career and his political and diplomatic career, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in Southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. Once he was back in civilian life Buchan was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction. In 1935 he was appointed Governor General of Canada by King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Richard Bennett, to replace the Earl of Bessborough. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan proved to be enthusiastic about literacy, as well as the evolution of Canadian culture, and he received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1875
Perth - Also known as
- John Buchan
- Buchan John
- John Norman Stuart Buchan
- the Lord Tweedsmuir
- Baron Tweedsmuir
- Sir John Buchan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir
(1907/07/15 - 1940/02/11)
- Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- United Free Church of Scotland
- Church of Scotland
- Free Church of Scotland
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Brasenose College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Perth
- Died
- Feb 11, 1940
Montreal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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