biography
| name: |
Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir
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pronunciation:
[buhkn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1940)
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| biography:
| Writer and statesman, born in Perth, Perth and Kinross, E Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow and Oxford, and in 1901 was called to the bar. During World War 1 he served on HQ staff (1916–17), when he became director of information. He was MP for the Scottish Universities (1927–35), was made a baron, and became Governor-General of Canada until 1940. In 1937 he was made a privy councillor and Chancellor of Edinburgh University. Despite his busy public life, he wrote over 50 books, especially fast-moving adventure stories, such as Prester John (1910) and The Thirty-nine Steps (1915). His biographical works include Montrose (1928) and Sir Walter Scott (1932). |
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