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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

(1875-1940), Novelist and Governor-General of Canada

Sitter 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.

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(79)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1937
NPG P490(79)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(78)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1939
NPG P490(78)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(80)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P490(80)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, after Unknown artist - NPG D42391

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 - NPG D49123

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

issued by Ardath Tobacco Company Limited
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49123

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1906
NPG x6452

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