John Buchan (1875-1940; ODNB), Scottish author, and barrister, publisher and public servant, with close Oxford connections; MP (C), Scottish Universities, 1927-35; Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, 1935; governor-general, Canada, 1935-40; a Church of Scotland elder at St. Columba's Church, London, and in Oxford; high commissioner to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1933-4; author of novels, biographies, histories and 'thrillers', notably The Thirty-nine steps (1915); works mentioned by Henson include Nelson's history of the war, 24 vols (Feb. 1915-July 1919) in 50,000 word instalments; Some eighteenth-century byways (1908); A book of escapes and hurried journeys (1922); and, with George Adam Smith,The Kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929 (1930). See also Volumes 61, 62, 78, 80.

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• 18 Jun 1906
• 12 Jun 1910
• 2 Jun 1912
• 26 Mar 1917
• 18 Jan 1918
• 15 Feb 1918
• 28 May 1918
• 10 Sep 1918
• 19 Jul 1927
• 23 Jul 1927