John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir
Scottish Baron (1911-1996)
John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir CBE, CD, FRSE, FRSA (25 November 1911 – 20 June 1996), commonly called Johnnie Buchan, was a British peer and the son of the novelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. He was a colonial administrator, naturalist, and adventurer. He has been described as a "brilliant fisherman and naturalist, a gallant soldier and fine writer of English, an explorer, colonial administrator and man of business."
Early life
Buchan was born in London, the son of John Buchan and Susan Grosvenor.
He was educated at Eton and in 1930 he went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated with a fourth class degree in History. While at Brasenose College he was an active member of the Brasenose College Boat Club, and rowed in the College's 1st VIII in Torpids. As an undergraduate, he was also a close friend of future Prime Minister of Australia John Gorton.
According to his father he was an “ardent bird-lover and fisherman”, and an admirer of Edward Grey.
Buchan subsequently went on to study at the Dundee School of Economics.
Military career
After a period in the Colonial Administrative Service in Uganda he contracted dysentery and was forced to leave Africa on health grounds. He went to join his parents in Canada in 1936.
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