John Buchan (1875–1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

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Author, publisher and Governor to General of Canada from 1935 to 1940. Buchan published his first novel, 'Sir Quixote of the Moors' in 1895, while still at university. He worked in South Africa from 1901 to 1903, assisting with reconstruction after the South African War. After returning to England, he worked as a publisher with Nelsons and assisted with propaganda during the First World War. Buchan's most famous novel, 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', was published in 1915. In 1933 he was made Governor to General of Canada and proved an energetic and popular leader. He was created Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in 1935.

National Portrait Gallery, London

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Title

John Buchan (1875–1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

Date

1935

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 55.6 x W 19 x D 23.5 cm

Accession number

3636

Acquisition method

purchased with help from the sitter's widow and son, 1948

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised

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