and Susie’s depression in Canada, here
letter from JB on US-Canadian co-operation, here
letter from JB on Roosevelt, here
visits Glasgow Exhibition with JB, here
with JB on visit from Canada, here
and German war threat, here
visits JB in Canada, here
as JB’s confidant, here
wartime duties, here
and dissolution of Canadian Parliament (1940), here
A History of Peebleshire, here
Buchan, James, on Olifa, here
Buchan, Jane (Jean; JB’s aunt), here
Buchan, John (1st Baron Tweedsmuir)
personal qualities, here, here
varied achievements, here
prose style, here
as Director of Information in Great War, here, here, here, here, here, here
injured in carriage accident, here
childhood and upbringing, here
schooling, here, here, here
attends Oxford University, here, here, here, here
reading, here, here, here
religious beliefs, here, here
studies at Glasgow University, here, here
early poems, here
cycling trips, here
fishing (angling), here, here, here, here, here
keeps Commonplace Book, here
relations with mother, here, here, here, here
wins Oxford scholarship, here
journalism and writings as undergraduate and law apprentice, here, here, here, here
enrols at Middle Temple, here, here
literary earnings, here, here, here
shy relations with girls, here
golfing, here
Oxford degree, here
walking trip in Galloway, here
gains Senior Hulme scholarship, here
climbing, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
walks in Highlands with John Edgar, here
appearance, here, here
wins Newdigate Prize, here
pet dogs, here, here
elected President of Oxford Union, here
law studies and training, here, here, here
nympholepsy (love for water), here
fails to achieve All Souls Fellowship, here, here
leaves Oxford, here
as publisher’s reader, here, here
sympathetic reviewing, here
poetic portrait by Charles Graves, here
social life in London, here, here
ambitiousness, here
first fails Bar Finals exam, here
called to Bar, here
recruited by Milner for South Africa, here
leaves for South Africa, here
views on Empire and colonialism, here, here, here, here, here
in Rand Rifles, here
relations with Milner, here, here
administrative work in South Africa, here, here, here, here
on importance of Nature, here
and negotiations with Boers, here
health problems in South Africa, here
tours and expeditions in South Africa, here
admiration for Dominions, here
leaves South Africa, here
unsettled on return from South Africa, here, here
gives financial aid to mother and sister, here
meets and courts Susan Grosvenor, here, here, here
romance with American woman, here
relations with Susie’s mother, here
works at Spectator as assistant editor, here
joins Nelson’s (publishers), here, here, here, here
proposes marriage, here
teases Susie over family, here
edits The Scottish Review, here
wedding and honeymoon, here
happy marriage relations, here, here
children, here, here, here, here
London homes, here, here, here
family network on marriage, here
supports parents financially, here, here
tours Turkey and Greece, here
plans parliamentary career, here
experiences panic attack in Germany, here
story crafting, here
supports women’s suffrage, here
duodenal ulcer, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
view of Anna’s and Susie’s writing, here
and death of brother Willie, here
on Irish Home Rule, here
speech at Innerleithen (1912), here
tour to Azores, here
on writing history, here
relations with children, here
innocence about finance, here
writes history of the Great War, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
diet, here, here, here
visits and reports from Western Front, here, here, here
wartime speeches, here, here
joins Foreign Office in war, here
maintains journalistic writing, here
poetry, here, here, here
on fragility of civilisation, here
drafts official communiqués from Western Front, here
coincidence in novels, here
surgery on digestive tract, here
learns of brother Alastair’s death, here
difficulties with wartime advisory committee, here
made head of Department of Intelligence under Beaverbrook, here
conversation, here
leisure breaks in war, here
and liquidation of Ministry of Information, here
withdraws from standing for election (1918), here
elected to Parliament as Conservative (1927), here, here
post-war reaction and activities, here
develops Sophrosyné, here
political beliefs, here, here, here
petitions for official honour, here
vanities, here
awarded Freedom of Peebles and Italian decoration, here
life at Elsfield Manor, here, here
encourages aspiring writers, here
walking at Elsfield, here
kindness to others, here
supports friends and kin financially, here
and children’s upbringing, here
riding, here
involvement in adult education, here, here
joins Reuters, here
renews agreement with Nelson’s, here
historical fiction, here, here, here, here, here
receives royalties from Rosebery, here
deer-stalking, here
holidays in Scotland, here
interest in Borders dialect (‘Lallans’), here
personal papers held at National Library of Scotland, here
presents books to friends, here
as Trustee of National Library of Scotland, here
letters from readers, here
view of women, here
on writing thrillers, here
first visit to North America, here
lecture at Milton Academy, Mass., here
speeches in Canada, here, here
wins James Tait Black Memorial Prize, here
letter-writing, here
maiden speech in Commons, here
speech on Book of Common Prayer, here
speeches in Commons, here
and founding of British Film Institute, here
campaigning in 1929 election, here
leaves Nelson’s, here
as newspaper columnist, here
amateur acting, here
friendship with T.E. Lawrence, here
manner in Commons, here
fails to win political promotion, here, here
supports Ramsay MacDonald, here
awarded Companion of Honour, here
on Scottish nationalism, here
business and public activities in London, here
attitude to Jews, here
; as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, here
appointed Governor-General of Canada, here
health concerns, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
disillusioned with British politics, here
barony (Tweedsmuir), here, here
leaves Commons on ennoblement, here
remuneration as Governor-General, here
appointed GCMG, here
coat of arms, here
portrait bust, here
moves to Canada, here
duties and activities as Governor-General, here, here, here
church attendance and activities in Canada, here
tours in Canada as Governor-General, here, here, here
musical insensitivity, here
expenses in Canada, here
meets and entertains Roosevelt in Canada, here
meets native Canadian tribes, here, here, here, here
and Abdication Crisis, here
visit to Roosevelt in Washington, here
addresses US Congress, here
made Privy Councillor, here
expedition to north of Canada, here, here
and mother’s death, here
elected Chancellor of Edinburgh University, here, here
honorary degrees from US universities, here
makes visit to England (1938), here
spends time in Ruthin Castle sanatorium, here
and threat of war, here, here
invested GCVO, here
signs Canada’s declaration of war, here
on providing news to USA in Second World War, here
and wartime aircrew training in Canada, here
influence on wartime foreign policy, here
private diary, here
anticipates end of term as Governor-General, here
opens and dissolves Canadian Parliament (January 1940), here
fall, death, funeral and cremation, here
ashes taken to England and buried at Elsfield, here
memorial services, here
posthumous tributes, here
on death, here
books and papers sold and deposited, here
Buchan, Rev. John (JB’s father)
marriage, here
Free Church minister, here
in Pathhead, here
moves to Glasgow, here
preaching and religious observance, here
social life, here
letter to JB in Oxford, here
JB gives books of theological essays to, here
temporary post in South Africa, here
Susie meets and praises, here
at JB’s wedding, here
heart attack and retirement, here
death, here
JB dedicates The Moon Endureth to memory, here
as model for David Sempill (character), here
A Violet Wreath, here
Buchan, John (JB’s grandfather), here, here
Buchan, John Norman Stuart (JB/Susie’s son (Johnnie; later 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir)
and JB’s military escapade in South Africa, here
birth, here
aunt Anna’s fondness for, here
life saved by Tommy Waitt, here
visits Moor Park as boy, here
on holiday in Isle of Mull, here
in House of Lords, here
education and interests, here
looks after birds of prey, here
takes up post in Africa, here, here
visits Canada suffering from illness, here, here, here, here
works in northern Canada, here, here, here
JB uses diary for Sick Heart River, here
cured of illness, here
enlists in Canadian army, here, here
Buchan, Kate (JB’s aunt), here
Buchan, Nesta (née Crozier; William’s wife), here
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, (Lady Tweedsmuir; née Grosvenor)
JB meets and courts, here, here
appearance and character, here, here
family background and upbringing, here
travels abroad, here
charity work, here, here
nicknames, here, here
depicted in A Lodge in the Wilderness, here
declines then accepts JB’s marriage proposal, here
depressions, here, here, here, here
learns Greek, here
meets JB’s mother and sister, here
letters from JB, here, here
stays with Buchans in Peebles, here
wedding and honeymoon, here
pet parrot, here
JB introduces to mountain climbing, here
children, here, here, here, here
London homes, here, here, here
writings, here, here, here
suffers from cough, here
part-time VAD work, here
JB writes to from hospital in France, here
and death of Alastair, here
and German bombing of London in Great War, here
collaborates on first The Island of Sheep, here
preference for country life, here
life at Elsfield Manor, here, here, here
Women’s Institute work, here, here
children’s stories, here
loyalty to JB’s family, here
JB dedicates The Path of the King to, here
portrayed in JB’s fiction, here
first visit to Canada, here
dislikes Mackenzie King, here
travels to London with JB, here
as consort to JB as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly, here
and move to Canada, here
on film of The 39 Steps, here
entertains Virginia Woolf, here
duties and activities in Canada, here, here, here
isolation and boredom in Canada, here
in the Citadel, Quebec, here
helps poverty-stricken Canadian Prairie dwellers, here
returns to England to look after William, here, here, here
tours Canada with JB, here
meets Baldwin during Abdication Crisis, here
returns to Canada with William, here
on visit to Roosevelt in Washington, here
rejoins JB on trip to northern Canada, here
and JB’s reaction to mother’s death, here
returns to Canada without JB, here
redecorates Rideau Hall, here, here
and royal visit to Canada, here, here
and JB’s final duties as Governor-General, here
accompanies JB to Montreal, here
and JB’s death, here
absent from JB’s funeral, here
return to England, here, here
on courage after JB’s death, here
ashes buried, here
settles in Elsfield, here
leaves Elsfield for Burford, here
life in widowhood, here
The Clearing House, here
Funeral March of a Marionette, here, here
John Buchan by his Wife and Friends, here, here
Lady Louisa Stuart, here
The Scent of Water, here
The Sword of State, here
The Wife of Flanders, here
The Vision at the Inn, here
Buchan, Toby see Tweedsmuir, 4th Baron
Buchan, Tom (JB’s uncle), here, here
Buchan, Violet (JB’s sister)
birth, here
illness and death, here
JB dedicates John Burnet of Barns to memory of, here
Buchan, Violet (née Henderson; JB’s grandmother), here
Buchan, Walter (JB’s brother) see Buchan, (James) Walter
Buchan, William (JB/Susie’s son; Billy)
birth, here
on JB’s conversation, here
naughtiness as child, here
portrayed in Anna’s Pink Sugar, here
upbringing and relations with father, here
meets T.E. Lawrence, here
fails Oxford exams and leaves, here
works for Gaumont-British film company, here
Susie cares for after operation, here
marriage to Nesta Crozier, here
trains as RAF pilot, here
reading at JB’s memorial service, here
Buchan, William (JB’s brother; Willie)
birth, here
fighting, here
as conciliator, here
JB walks with in Scotland, here, here
at Brasenose College, here, here, here, here
JB writes to from South Africa, here
passes Indian Civil Service exams, here
in India, here, here, here, here
correspondence with JB, here
meets Susie, here
poor climber, here
supports JB on engagement, here, here, here
writes from India on JB’s wedding, here
on JB teaching Susie mountain climbing, here
sister Anna visits in India, here
writes to tell mother to accept JB’s marriage, here
takes leave from India, here, here
travels to Talung Glacier, here
illness and death, here
JB dedicates The Marquis of Montrose and Montrose to, here
Buchan, William (JB’s uncle), here, here, here, here
Bunyan, John, here
The Pilgrim’s Progress, here, here, here, here, here
Burke, Edmund, here
Burma
plan to separate from India, here
Burnham, Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount, here
Bussell, Dr F.W., here, here, here
Butler, Rev. A.G., here, here, here
Butler, Geoffrey, here, here
Byng, Evelyn, Viscountess, here, here
Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount of Vimy, here, here, here, here
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron, here
Caddell, James, here
Caird, Edward, here, here
Calvinism, here, here, here
Cameron, Alan, here
Cameron, David Young, here, here, here
Cameron, Katie, here, here
Campbell, Sir Gerald, here
Canada
JB first visits, here, here
role of Governor-General, here
JB appointed Governor-General, here
loyalty to Crown, here, here
JB tours as Governor-General, here, here, here, here
literary awards, here
JB’s expenses in, here
Roosevelt visits, here
JB supports conservation in, here
security and defence issues, here
drought and deprivation in Prairie provinces, here, here
JB advocates co-operation with USA, here
and Edward VIII’s abdication, here
proposed constitutional reforms, here
JB travels to northern and western regions, here, here
status of French citizens, here
indigenous people (‘First Nations’), here
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