John Buchan

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a British statesman and writer, today mostly remembered for his fine adventure stories. 

Buchan was educated at the University of Glasgow and Oxford, and began to write and publish stories from his college days. He later qualified as a lawyer and went to South Africa to work there in a government (colonial) job. He later served in many countries as a representative of the British government and was later made Governor-General of Canada. In 1935 the British government honoured him by making him a lord. He died in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1940.

Some of his famous adventure thrillers include Prester John (1910), The Thirty Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916). He also wrote some fine historical biographies like Montrose (1928) and Sir Walter Scott (1932).

Honours

Appointments
  1 January 1932 11 February 1940: Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
  23 May 1935 11 February 1940: Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG)
  2 November 1935 11 February 1940: Chief Scout for Canada
  2 November 1935 11 February 1940: Honorary Member of the Royal Military College of Canada Club
  28 May 1937 11 February 1940: Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (PC)
  15 June 1939 11 February 1940: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
 : Honorary Fellow of Oxford University

Medals
  1935: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
  1937: King George VI Coronation Medal

Awards
  1897: Stanhope essay prize
  1898: Newdigate Prize
  1928: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
  4 December 1940: Silver Wolf Award (posthumous)

Foreign honours
  15 December 1918 11 February 1940: Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Non-national honours
  1937 11 February 1940: Master of the Order of Good Cheer

Honorary military appointments 
  2 November 1935 11 February 1940: Colonel of the Governor General's Horse Guards
  2 November 1935 11 February 1940: Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards
  2 November 1935 11 February 1940: Colonel of the Canadian Grenadier Guards

Honorary degrees 

  20 June 1934: University of Oxford, Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
  1936: University of Toronto, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
  1936: University of Toronto, Doctor of Divinity (DD)
  1937: Harvard University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
  1937: Yale University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 : McGill University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 : Université de Montréal, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 : University of Glasgow, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
 : University of St. Andrews, Doctor of Laws (LLD)

Honorific eponyms 
Geographic locations
 : Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
 : Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area
 : Tweedsmuir Peak
 : Tweedsmuir Avenue, Ottawa
 : Tweedsmuir Avenue, Toronto
 : Tweedsmuir Avenue, London
 : Tweedsmuir Place, Deep River
 : Tweedsmuir Place, Pinawa
 : Tweedsmuir Road, Winnipeg
 : Buchan Street, Montreal
 : Tweedsmuir
 : John Buchan Way, Broughton

Schools
 : Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, Okotoks
 : Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School, New Westminster
 : Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey
 : Tweedsmuir Hall (student residence), University of British Columbia
 : John Buchan Senior Public School, Toronto
 : Tweedsmuir Public School, North Bay
 : Tweedsmuir Public School, London

Organisations
 : John Buchan Centre, Broughton

References

1875 births
1940 deaths
Scottish writers
Governors General of Canada
South African politicians