John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (/ˈbʌxən/; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) 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 his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, 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. Buchan was in 1927 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 R. B. 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.
William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, Alastair Buchan, Alice Buchan
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
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Fact
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His most famous novel, "The Thirty-Nine Steps," has never been out of print.
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Conservative MP for Scottish Universities, 1927-1935.
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Educated at the University of Glasgow and Brasenose College, Oxford.
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Governor-General of Canada, 1935-1940.
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He was awarded a CH (Companion of Honour) in the 1932 King's Honours List and a GCMG (Knight Grand Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) in the 1935 King's Honours List for his services to Literature.
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Buchan was on the Nazi list of Jewish sympathizers in England in case of a German invasion of Britain in the 1930s.
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With the Canadian Authors Association, he established the Governor General's Award for Canadian literature.
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In 1935 he was granted the title Baron Tweedsmuir and made Governor General of Canada, a position he held until his death.
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Member of the British Parliament, 1927 to 1935.
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British lawyer, called to the bar in 1901, and novelist.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 39 Steps
2008
TV Movie novel
Hannay
1988-1989
TV Series characters - 13 episodes
Huntingtower
1978
TV Series novel - 6 episodes
The Thirty-Nine Steps
1978
novel
The Three Hostages
1977
TV Movie novel
John Macnab
1976
TV Series novel - 3 episodes
Witch Wood
1964
TV Movie novel
The 39 Steps
1959
based upon the novel by
Huntingtower
1957
TV Series novel - 6 episodes
TV de Vanguarda
1957
TV Series 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1954
TV Series novel - 1 episode
The Three Hostages
1952
TV Series novel "The Three Hostages" - 6 episodes
The 39 Steps
1935
adapted from the novel by
Huntingtower
1927
book
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands
1927
writer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Defence of Canada
1985
TV Mini-Series
Himself (with King and Queen in Ottawa, beside car) (uncredited)
Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
$7 Million
