John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
(1875-1940), Novelist and Governor-General of CanadaSitter in 24 portraits
Author, publisher and Governor-General of Canada (1935-40). Buchan published his first novel, Sir Quixote of the Moors (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 1935 he was made Governor-General of Canada and proved an energetic and popular leader. He was created Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in 1935.
Explore the portrait of John Buchan by Thomas Clapperton (NPG 3636) from all angles
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Thomas John Clapperton
bronze bust, 1935
NPG 3636
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1937
NPG P490(79)
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1939
NPG P490(78)
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P490(80)
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 May 1917
NPG x75736
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 May 1917
NPG x75737
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x86536
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1931
NPG Ax3437
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1931
NPG Ax136133
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1931
NPG x3288
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1935
NPG x185779
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1935
NPG x185780
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1935
NPG x84014
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 3 April 1935
NPG x34298
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 3 April 1935
NPG x81241
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 3 April 1935
NPG x34299
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 3 April 1935
NPG x34300
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42391
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
issued by Ardath Tobacco Company Limited
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49123
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1906
NPG x6452
Related People
- Anna Masterton Buchan (sister)
- Sir Edmund John William Hugh Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Bt (grandson)
- Alice Caroline Helen (née Buchan), Lady Fairfax-Lucy (daughter)
- (Mary Caroline Alys) Emma Lambe (née Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy) (granddaughter)
- Susan Charlotte (née Grosvenor), Baroness Tweedsmuir (wife)
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