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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (/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.

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rdfs:comment	John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (/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.
foaf:name	Buchan, John the Lord Tweedsmuir
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dc:description	British politician
active years end date	1940-02-11(xsd:dateTime)
active years start date	1935-11-02(xsd:dateTime)
alias	Lord Tweedsmuir
birth date	1875-08-26(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Perth
birth year	1875-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1940-02-11(xsd:dateTime)
death place	dbpedia:Quebec Montréal
death year	1940-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
IMDB id	0117955
monarch	Edward VIII George Frederick Ernest Albert Albert Frederick Arthur George
office	[[#External links
order in office	15th Governor General of Canada
prime minister	The Viscount Bennett dbpedia:William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King
profession	dbpedia:Author
religion	dbpedia:Free_Church_of_Scotland_(1843–1900) dbpedia:United_Free_Church_of_Scotland dbpedia:Church_of_Scotland
spouse	Buchan, Susan Baroness Tweedsmuir
successor	Athlone, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl Of
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Btweedsmuir2.jpg?width=300
is author of	The Thirty-Nine Steps Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep Witch Wood Greenmantle The Three Hostages The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy Midwinter The 39 Steps John Macnab Prester John The Courts of the Morning The Dancing Floor The Gap in the Curtain The House of the Four Winds The Power-House
is influenced by of	Graham Greene
is predecessor of	Athlone, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl Of The Lord Tweedsmuir
is relative of	Anna Masterton Buchan
is successor of	Bessborough, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of
is writer of	Huntingtower The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands The Three Hostages

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