Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biographies

Related Category: English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biographies

Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir[buk´un, twEdz´myOOr] Pronunciation Key, 1875–1940, Scottish author and statesman. Included among his works are a four-volume history (1921–22) of World War I; biographies of Julius Caesar (1932), Scott (1932), and Cromwell (1934); and adventure novels, including The Thirty-nine Steps (1915), The Path of the King (1921), and Mountain Meadow (1941). Elected to Parliament in 1927, he was appointed governor-general of Canada in 1935 and was raised to the peerage. His administration of Canada was popular, and he promoted good relations with the United States.

See his autobiography, Pilgrim's Way (1940); biography by J. Smith (1965).