Baron tweedsmuir
John (Baron Tweedsmuir) 1875–1940, Scottish novelist and historian: governor general of Canada 1935–40.
Baron, Buchan, John.
noun
John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875–1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935–40)
noun
Baron Tweedsmuir, the title of Scottish novelist John Buchan See Buchan
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