"of the Imperial Defence College in 1969 and Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford in 1972. In 1973 he gave the Reith Lectures on the theme ""Change Without War"". In 1942 he married Hope Gilmore; they had two sons and a daughter. Alastair Francis Buchan The Honourable Alastair Francis Buchan, CBE (9 September 1918 – 4 February 1976) was a leading writer on defence studies in the 1970s. The son of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Alastair Buchan was given the same forename as his father's brother, who had been killed in the First World"
"Improvement"", 1796. Buchan married twice: By his first wife he had an only son John, who succeeded him in the baronetcy. George Buchan-Hepburn Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA (1739–1819) was a Scottish landowner and judge, generally remembered for his books on agriculture. Born George Buchan, the son of John Buchan of Letham, East Lothian, by Elizabeth Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn of Smeaton, he was born in March 1739. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where Henry Dundas was among his close friends. Buchan succeeded to the barony of Smeaton-Hepburn in 1764, and assumed the name"
"Baron Erskine Baron Erskine, of Restormel Castle in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, since 1960 a subsidiary title of the earldom of Buchan. It was created in 1806 for the Honourable Thomas Erskine on his appointment as Lord High Chancellor, a post he held until the following year. He was the third and youngest son of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (see Earl of Buchan for earlier history of the family). Lord Erskine was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a diplomat. His two eldest sons,"
"his writing career, notably writing ""The Thirty-Nine Steps"" and other adventure fiction. In 1935, King George V, on the advice of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, appointed Buchan to replace the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General of Canada, for which purpose Buchan was raised to the peerage. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan was enthusiastic about literacy and the development of Canadian culture, and he received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom. Buchan was born in Perth, Scotland, the first child of John Buchan—a Free Church of"
"was called to the bar in the same year, though he did not practise as a lawyer, and on 15 July 1907 married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor—daughter of Norman Grosvenor and a cousin of the Duke of Westminster. Together, Buchan and his wife had four children, Alice, John, William, and Alastair, two of whom would spend most of their lives in Canada. In 1910, Buchan wrote ""Prester John"", the first of his adventure novels, set in South Africa, and the following year he suffered from duodenal ulcers, a condition that later afflicted one of his fictional characters. At the same time,"
"Buchan-Hepburn baronets The Buchan-Hepburn Baronetcy, of Smeaton-Hepburn in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 May 1815 for George Buchan-Hepburn. He was a Judge of the Admiralty Court from 1790 to 1791 and a Baron of the Exchequer for Scotland from 1791 to 1814. Born George Buchan, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hepburn in 1764, which was that of his maternal grandfather. His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), represented Haddington in the House of Commons from 1838 to 1847. His son,"
"the first Baron. the title is held by his son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 1996. The family seat is Belmont House near Faversham in Kent. The heir presumptive is the present holder's kinsman Rear-Admiral Michael George Temple Harris (b. 1941). He is a great-great-great grandson of the second Baron. Baron Harris Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The title was created in 1815 for the military commander General Sir George Harris. He gained fame as Commander-in-Chief"
"Thomas Buchan-Hepburn (b. 1992) Buchan-Hepburn baronets The Buchan-Hepburn Baronetcy, of Smeaton-Hepburn in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 May 1815 for George Buchan-Hepburn. He was a Judge of the Admiralty Court from 1790 to 1791 and a Baron of the Exchequer for Scotland from 1791 to 1814. Born George Buchan, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hepburn in 1764, which was that of his maternal grandfather. His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), represented Haddington in the House of Commons from 1838"
"‘hotch-potch’, it is a fascinating one in which Buchan, with evidence of a lot of thought, reworks big themes. Daniell concludes that the book is “a clever, searching analysis of non–commitment done with a good deal of novelistic skill, at the fringes of a more frightening darkness"". John Burnet of Barns John Burnet of Barns is an 1898 novel by Scottish author John Buchan. It was his second novel, first published in serial form in ""Chambers’ Journal"". The novel is set in Tweeddale in Scotland and follows the adventures of John Burnet, a relative of the 17th-century historian Gilbert Burnet."
"George Buchan-Hepburn Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA (1739–1819) was a Scottish landowner and judge, generally remembered for his books on agriculture. Born George Buchan, the son of John Buchan of Letham, East Lothian, by Elizabeth Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn of Smeaton, he was born in March 1739. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where Henry Dundas was among his close friends. Buchan succeeded to the barony of Smeaton-Hepburn in 1764, and assumed the name and arms of Hepburn of Smeaton. In January 1763 he had been admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh,"
"the third and fourth Barons, succeeded successively. The latter was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baron. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. His grandson, the seventh Baron, succeeded in the earldom of Buchan in 1960 on the death of his kinsman, the fifteenth Earl. The two titles have remained united since. Several other members of this branch of the Erskine family may also be mentioned. The Very Reverend the Honourable Henry David Erskine (1786–1859), second son of the first Baron, was Dean of Ripon. The Honourable Thomas Erskine (1788–1870), third son of the first Baron, was a Judge"
"and from 1767 he was solicitor to the lords of session till 1790, when he was appointed judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Scotland. On 31 December of the following year he was made baron of the exchequer. He retired in 1814, and on 6 May 1815 was created a baronet. From 1815 to 1818 he was a Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Buchan died at Smeaton House on 3 July 1819. Buchan was the author of ""The General View of the Agriculture and Rural Economy of East Lothian, with Observations on the Means of their"
"the first Baron Byron. John Byron (died 1567) Sir John Byron MP (1488–1567) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight of the Tudor era. He was Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1529. Byron was the son and heir of Sir Nicolas Byron, who was knighted by Prince Arthur in 1502, and his wife, Joan Bushler. Sir John lived at Colwick in Nottinghamshire, before being granted Newstead Abbey in the same county by Henry VIII of England on 26 May 1540. He was appointed Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest. He was also Steward of Manchester and Rochdale. He was a trusted"
"of Buchan. A decree of the court of sessions, 25 July 1628, restored to Buchan and his wife the precedency over the earls of Eglinton, Montrose, Cassilis, Caithness, and Glencairn, which had been claimed by them, and granted by a former decree in 1606. On the accession of Charles I, Buchan became one of the lords of the bedchamber. He lived chiefly in London, where he died in 1640. He was buried at Auchterhouse, Forfarshire. His wife died before him in 1628. They left six children, two sons, James, who succeeded to the title, and John, and four daughters. James"
"Baron Auckland Baron Auckland is a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in 1789 when the prominent politician and financial expert William Eden was made Baron Auckland in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1793, he was created Baron Auckland, of West Auckland in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain. Eden notably served as Chief Secretary for Ireland, Ambassador to Spain and President of the Board of Trade. His second son, the second Baron, was also a politician and served as Governor-General of India. In 1839"
"Baron Vivian Baron Vivian, of Glynn and of Truro in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Vivian family. It was created in 1841 for the soldier Sir Hussey Vivian, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Truro in the County of Cornwall, in 1828. His eldest legitimate son, the second Baron, represented Bodmin in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. His son, the third Baron, served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1891 to 1893. The latter's"
"Earl of Buchan The Mormaer () or Earl of Buchan () was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line. The earldom had three lines in its history, not counting passings from female heiresses to sons. Today it is held by the Erskine family as a peerage. The current holder is (b. 1930). The first recorded person who definitely held the position of mormaer was Gartnait, whose patronage is noted in the"
"in 2005. John Henry Vivian, father of the first Baron, was an industrialist and politician. The soldier Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, was the uncle of the first Baron. The Liberal politician Sir Arthur Vivian was the younger brother of the first Baron. The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. James Henry Hussey Vivian (born 1999). Baron Swansea Baron Swansea, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Vivian family. It was created on 9 June 1893 for the industrialist Sir"
"Buchanan also acted as broker for non-residents wishing to buy land, including Alexander Low Bruce, whose land formed the A L Bruce Estates. Buchanan Brothers experimented with a number of crops starting with coffee, which was being exported by 1891. In early 1890s, they had introduced Virginia-type tobacco, planted an experimental tea garden and built a sugar mill to produce sugar for the local market. From being a disgraced missionary, John Buchanan became Acting British Consul to Central Africa from 1887 to 1891, and in that capacity declared a protectorate over the Shire Highlands in 1889 to pre-empt a Portuguese"
"Baron Bowes Baron Bowes is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland on 15 August 1758 when John Bowes, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was made Baron Bowes, of Clonlyon. The title became extinct on his death in 1767. The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 7 August 1815 when John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was made Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle in the County of Durham and"
"Society as a Fellow in February and was raised to the peerage as Baron Vivian, of Glynn and of Truro in the County of Cornwall in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in August. A year later he died at Baden-Baden and was succeeded by his eldest son, to whom he also bequeathed his recently acquired estate at Glynn, near Bodmin. His first marriage in 1804 was to Eliza Champion, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny, and the title descended in the direct line. He married secondly Letitia Webster, daughter of Rev James Agnew Webster. A natural son, Sir Robert"
"Society in the same year. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the New Year Honours list 1 January 1901, and was invested by King Edward VII in February the same year. He was a member of the Royal Commission on South African Hospitals in 1901, during the Boer War. He was a member of the Royal Commission on University Education in London in 1909. In 1864 he married his first cousin Betty Lemon, daughter of his aunt Helen (Nelly) Romer and Mark Lemon, editor of ""Punch"". Their son was Mark Romer, Baron"
"Baron Keane Baron Keane, of Ghuznee in Afghanistan and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 December 1839 for the military commander John Keane. He was the second son of Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet, of Cappoquin (see Keane Baronets for earlier history of the family). The third Baron was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army. The title became extinct on his death in 1901. He secondly married Charlotte Maria Boland, the daughter of a Colonel Boland on 20 August 1840. Upon his death, the"
"Buchanan baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buchanan, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Buchanan Baronetcy, of Dunburgh in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 December 1878 for the diplomat Sir Andrew Buchanan, GCB. He was British Ambassador to Russia from 1864 to 1867 and to Austria from 1871 to 1878. His eldest son, the second Baronet, died childless in 1901. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. His son, the fourth Baronet, was a Justice of the Peace,"
"death of his childless son, the third Baron, in 1931. The Hon. Charles Bateman-Hanbury-Kincaid-Lennox, younger son of the first Baron, was a politician. Baron Bateman Baron Bateman, of Shobdon in the County of Hereford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 January 1837 for William Bateman, previously member of Parliament for Northampton. Born William Hanbury, he was the grandson of William Hanbury and Sarah, daughter of William Western and Anne, sister of William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman (a title which became extinct in 1802). Lord Bateman was succeeded by his eldest son,"
"Baron Acton Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 December 1869 for the prominent historian and Liberal Member of Parliament Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet. His son, the second Baron, was a diplomat and also held minor office in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. In 1919 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Lyon, which was that of his father-in-law. His son, the third Baron, sold the family home in 1947 and settled in Rhodesia."
"Leith-Buchanan baronets The Leith, later Leith-Buchanan Baronetcy, of Burgh St Peter in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 21 November 1775 for Alexander Leith, Member of Parliament for Tregony. The third Baronet married Jemima, daughter of Hector Macdonald Buchanan. Their son the fourth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Buchanan in 1877. The presumed seventh Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Likewise, as of 13 June 2007 the presumed eighth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession"
"Baron Cullen of Ashbourne Baron Cullen of Ashbourne, of Roehampton in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 April 1920 for Sir Brien Cokayne, Governor of the Bank of England from 1918 to 1920. the title is held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 2016. The first Baron was the son of George Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms and editor of the first edition of ""The Complete Peerage"", son of the Hon. Mary Anne Cokayne, granddaughter of Charles Cokayne, 5th Viscount Cullen. There"
"uncle of the first Baron, was the ancestor (through the female line) of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (see Baron Crewe). Baron Crew Baron Crew, of Stene in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the politician John Crew. He was the son of Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House of Commons. Lord Crew was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and Brackley. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baron."
"as a midshipman and published his first novel in 1829. In the 20th century, the figures and careers of Horatio Hornblower in the novels by C. S. Forester and of Jack Aubrey in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian were in part modelled on his exploits. of the Brazilian Empire Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, OSC (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and radical politician. He"
"Baron Ashbourne Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for Edward Gibson, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his uncle), was a vice admiral in the Royal Navy. the title is held by the third Baron's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1983. John George Gibson, younger brother of the first Baron, was also a distinguished lawyer. The Honourable Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926, was the daughter of the first Baron."
"in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 February 1690. For more information on this creation, see Marquess of Ripon. The Robinson Baronetcy, of Rokeby Park in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 10 March 1731. For more information on this creation, see Baron Rokeby. The Robinson Baronetcy, of Rokeby Hall in the County of Louth, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 October 1819 for the Reverend John Robinson, nephew of and heir of His Grace The Most Rev. The 1st Baron"
"disregarding nostalgia. Also important was the work of John Buchan (1875–1940), who played a major role in the creation of the modern thriller with ""The Thirty-Nine Steps"" (1915) and ""Greenmantle"" (1916). His prolific output included the historical novel ""Witchwood"" (1927), set in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the posthumously published ""Sick Heart River"" (1941), a study of physiological breakdown in the wilderness of Canada (of which Buchan was governor-general from 1936 until his death). His work was an important link between the tradition of Scot and Stevenson and the Scottish Renaissance. The Scottish literary Renaissance was an attempt to introduce modernism into"