John Buchan (1875-1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, and highly decorated diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada.He is famous for his adventure amd spy thriller fiction, notably starring his series character Richard Hannay, with the classic THE THIRTY NINE STEPS (1915) being his most famous. Buchan’s 100 works include nearly 30 novels, seven collections of short stories, and biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. He was awarded the 1928 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of the Marquess of Montrose 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