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	John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada.
		Tweedsmuir took his responsibilities in Canada seriously and tried to make the office of Governor General relevant to the lives of ordinary Canadians.
		Tweedsmuir was aware of the suffering experienced by many Canadians due to the Depression and often wrote with compassion about their difficulties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Buchan (1564 words)

	Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
		Tweedsmuir is bounded on the north and northwest by the Ootsa-Whitesail Lakes reservoir, on the west and southwest by the Coast Mountains, and on the east by the interior plateau.
		Tweedsmuir is home to an extensive variety of wildlife; woodland caribou, mountain goats, mule deer, moose, fl bears, grizzly bears, and wolves.
		North Tweedsmuir is dominated by two ecological zones, the alpine tundra and the sub-boreal spruce, while South Tweedsmuir has four; alpine tundra, Engelmann spruce/subalpine fir, sub-boreal spruce, and coastal western hemlock.
	www.spacesfornature.org /greatspaces/tweedsmuir.html (998 words)

	Forex News: John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir Buchan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom (26 August 1Ց75 – 11 February 1940), was a Scotland novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada.
		Tweedsmuir was aware of the suffering experienced by many Canadians due to the Great Depression and often wrote with compassion about their difficulties.
		Tweedsmuir was recognized by University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, McGill University, University of Toronto and Université de Montréal Universities, all of which conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and he was made an Honorary Fellow and an Honorary D.C.L. of University of Oxford.
	en_abugida.lmo.phone-lg.info (1600 words)

	Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, baron @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
		Prior to his appointment as Governor General Buchan was raised to the peerage as Baron Tweedsmuir.
		Horrified by World War I, Baron Tweedsmuir supported peace initiatives of the US President Franklin Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, with whom Tweedsmuir forged strong links.
		During the term of Tweedsmuir as governor general, King George VI visited Canada (1939) it was the first visit to Canada by a reigning Sovereign.
	www.archontology.org /nations/canada/can_gg/buchan.php (328 words)

	BC Parks - Tweedsmuir (South) Provincial Park, Chilcotin, British Columbia
		Tweedsmuir Provincial Park and Recreation Area, at over 2.2 million acres (895,000 hectares) and one of British Columbia's biggest parks, is most easily accessed from Highway 20, which bisects the southern half of the park east of Bella Coola.
		Established in 1938 and since enlarged, it is named for the 15th Governor-General of Canada, John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, who travelled extensively throughout the park in 1937 and was greatly impressed by its magnificence.
		Roughly triangular in shape, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park is bounded on the north and northwest by the Ootsa-Whitesail Lakes Reservoir, on the west and southwest by the Coast Mountains, and on the east by the Interior Plateau.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /ParksAndTrails/Parks/details/?ID=43 (2022 words)

	Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield and Lady Tweedsmuir, The Free World Partnership
		John Tweedsmuir, as he is known to his comrades, was first commissioned in the Canadian Army in 1939 and he served with the Canadians for the duration of the War.
		Tweedsmuir was seriously wounded in action and was carried off the field by his batman.
		In the general election of 1945 Lady Tweedsmuir unsuccessfully contested North Aberdeen, but at the by-election of 1946 she was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for South Aberdeen and retained this seat in the general election of 1950 with a record majority of 8,826 votes in a 3-cornered contest.
	www.empireclubfoundation.com /details.asp?SpeechID=816&FT=yes (3932 words)

	Baron Saville O... Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
		Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, the largest in B.C., covers an area of more than 981,000 hectares in the west-central region of the province, 480 kilometres by air northwest of Vancouver.
		Roughly triangular in shape, the park is bounded on the north and northwest by the Ootsa-Whitesail Lakes reservoir, on the west and southwest by the Coast Mountains and on the east by the interior plateau.
		Tweedsmuir Lodge - Imagine rugged mountains, sparkling rivers and pristine wilderness in the heart of British Columbia.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/explore/cariboo/bella/tweeds.htm (1291 words)

	Lord Tweedsmuir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1936, encouraged by Lady Tweedsmuir, he created the Governor General's Literary Awards, which continue to be Canada's most prestigious recognition of literary merit.
		Lord Tweedsmuir was recognized by Glasgow, St. Andrews, McGill, Toronto and Montreal Universities, all of which conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and he was made an Honorary Fellow and an Honorary D.C.L. of Oxford.
		Upon accepting his appointment as Governor General of Canada, he also received a peerage, and was created Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in the county of Oxford on June 1, 1935.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/politics/lordtweedsmuir.htm (813 words)

	John Buchan - Biography and Works
		John Buchan, first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield (1875-1940) Scottish historian, Governor General of Canada, Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of Canada and author of the infamous thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps.
		Lady Tweedsmuir would author books under the name Susan Buchan and, encouraged by her in 1936 Lord Tweedsmuir created the Governor General's Awards which for many years were Canada's primary literary awards.
		Lord Tweedsmuir was well-received and he travelled extensively around the country including British Columbia to tour the 5,000 square miles of Tweedsmuir Park reserve and the Prairie areas most damaged by drought.
	www.online-literature.com /john-buchan (1496 words)

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		Thousands of lakes are scattered over the scenic country between Burns Lake and Tweedsmuir Park, which make the area popular for swimming, water skiing, canoeing, sailing, fishing, hiking, hunting and boating.
		South of Burns Lake is Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, second largest Provincial Park in the Province and one of the largest in North America.
		Tweedsmuir Park boasts the fourth highest waterfall in Canada, Hunlen Falls.
	www.niho.com /forsale/detail1.asp?prop=195 (1291 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Former Governors General: Tweedsmuir
		ord Tweedsmuir was recognized by Glasgow, St. Andrews, McGill, Toronto and Montreal Universities, all of which conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and he was made an Honorary Fellow and an Honorary D.C.L. of Oxford.
		ord Tweedsmuir married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor, cousin of the Duke of Westminster, on July 15, 1907.
		pon accepting his appointment as Governor General of Canada, he also received a peerage, and was created Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in the county of Oxford on June 1, 1935.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/tweedsmuir.html (816 words)

	Scottish Surnames, Baillie to Burnett.
		The family are descended from Sir William de Bonare, Baron of Bonare, temp.
		Local: from Bruys in Normandy; Robert de Bruys was one of the followers of William the Conqueror, and received from that monarch grants of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire; his son Robert de Brus obtained from David I the lands of Annandale, and was the ancestor of the Scottish family of Bruce.
		Buchan, John, First Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield (1875-1940) of Perth.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /scottish-surnames-b.htm (2592 words)

	Ministry of Environment - Tweedsmuir South
		It is named for the 15th Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, who bore the title Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield (and enjoyed a successful side career as a writer of thrillers, such as The Thirty Nine Steps).
		The Governor General travelled extensively by float aircraft and horseback in the park in August of 1937, and he and his party were greatly impressed by its magnificence.
		The park is also known for its coastal cutthroat trout, mountain whitefish, resident and sea-run Dolly Varden, and runs of chinook, coho, sockeye, chum, and pink salmon.
	www.env.gov.bc.ca /bcparks/explore/parkpgs/tweeds_s/nat_cul.html (939 words)

	Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
		Location: Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, the largest in B.C., covers an area of more than 981,000 hectares in the west-central region of the province, 500 kilometres by air northwest of Vancouver.
		Further evidence of the glacial activity of the past along the park's west side are the deep valleys of the Bella Coola and Atnarko Rivers and ocean fjords like Dean Channel.
		The park is named after John Buchan, who was Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield.
	bivouac.com /ArxPg.asp?ArxId=2072 (264 words)

	HEREDITARY BARONIES IN THE PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
		106 Barony of Talbot of Malahide 19 November 1856(The Barony is held by the Irish Baron Talbot of Malahide).
		111 Barony of Leconfield of Leconfield 14 April 1859(The Barony is held by Baron Egremont of Petworth).
		173 Barony of Northington of Watford 28 June 1885(The Barony is held by the Irish Baron Henley of Chardstock).
	www.hulthenhem.se /peer/baronuk.htm (6735 words)

	John Buchan's Grave
		He died in Canada in 1940, and his ashes were brought home to be buried in Elsfield churchyard.
		Lord Tweedsmuir's grave is at the eastern end of the churchyard, covered by a circular stone.
		In 1996 the inscription round the stone was re-cut, with the aid of subscriptions from John Buchan's grandchildren and a generous gift from the John Buchan Society.
	www.godspell.org.uk /nicholas/pages/buchangrave.html (194 words)

	Bella Coola Hwy 20, British Columbia, Canada
		Highway 20, also known as the Bella Coola Road, passes through diverse landscapes ranging from grassy plateaus and rolling meadows to picturesque canyons and high mountain peaks.
		Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, through which the Bella Coola Road passes, at over 2.2 million acres (895,000 ha) one of British Columbia's biggest parks, is most easily accessed from Highway 20, which bisects the southern half of the park east of Bella Coola.
		Tweedsmuir Provincial Park South comprises many natural history features, as well as some incredibly diverse landscapes in the Coast Mountains and Interior Plateau regions.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3949 (1289 words)

	List of state leaders in 1938 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
		William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron of Huntingfield, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1938-1938)
		Governor-General - Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor-General of Canada (1935-1940)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1938 (676 words)

	Alternative Perth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was appointed the 35th Governor General of Canada on August 10 1935 (being made Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Oxford at the same time) staying in post until his death from a brain haemorrhage and fall in Montreal on February 11 1940.
		Amongst the awards and titles John Buchan achieved in his lifetime are the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of Glasgow, St. Andrews, McGill, Toronto and Montreal, an Honorary D.C.L. of Oxford University and Chancellorship of Edinburgh University.
		John Buchan’s final resting place being in England rather than his native Scotland was symbolic of the contradiction and divided loyalty that he felt during his life.
	www.alternative-perth.org /johnbuchan.htm (1173 words)

	THE CHILCOTIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bella Coola is also Spanish for "Beautiful valley” and probably came from an Indian expression "bella coola wind" referring to the cold wind from the west in winter.
		Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl suggested that the Easter Islanders originated here because the incised rock symbols on the canyon face so greatly resemble the Polynesian stone carvings on Easter Island.
		Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, through which the Bella Coola Road passes, is over 2.2 million acres (895,000 ha) and one of British Columbia's biggest parks.
	www.bicyclingworld.com /templates/itinerary.aspx?rqTourID=929 (1562 words)

	Books - Buchan
		John Buchan (1875-1940)- First Baron Tweedsmuir of Enfield
		In 1935, after moving to Canada, he was created the first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, and served until his death on February 11, 1940, as Governor General of Canada.
		Buchan's autobiography, MEMORY HOLD-THE-DOOR, was published in 1940."Victor Maskell, the protagonist modeled on Sir Anthony Blunt in John Banville's the Untouchable (1997), may regard Buchan as ridiculously old-fashioned.
	www.btinternet.com /~aryuille/books/buchan_bio.htm (1112 words)

	Brasenose College Website
		He pursued widely diverse activities during his lifetime, not only as a writer but in business, journalism and administration.
		He was M.P. for the Scottish Universities, Lord High Commissioner of the Kirk, and in 1935 he was appointed Governor General of Canada and raised to the peerage as Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield.
		He is remembered for his fiction, most chiefly for The Thirty-nine Steps, but his other publications included a History of the Great War and one of his own College.
	text.bnc.ox.ac.uk /history/alu/page2.html (623 words)

	december14.net \| Displays \| Free HTML books \| The Thirty-Nine Steps
		His varied career embraced being a barrister, writer, soldier and publisher, and in 1927 he became a Member of Parliament.
		He died while serving as Governor-General of Canada, a post he had held since 1935, the year in which he was made Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield.
		The copyright position of the majority of the works available as etexts from Project Gutenberg (PG) is in little doubt, since the authors are long dead.
	www.december14.net /displays/gutenberg/39steps.html (675 words)

	The Governor General's Horse Guards
		Sir Frederick Arthur (Stanley), 1st Baron Stanley of Preston, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCVO, CB Sir John Campbell Hamilton (Gordon), 7th Earl and 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, GCM, GCVO
		Sir Freeman (Freeman-Thomas), 1st Marquess of Willingdon of Ratton, Viscount Ratendone of Willingdon, Baron Willingdon of Ratton, and Viscount Willingdon, GCMG, GCSI, GCIE, GBE
		F.M. Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George (Alexander), Viscount Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and Baron Rideau of Ottawa, and of Castle Derg, KG, GCB, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC The Rt.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/volmil/on-cav/GGHG.htm (593 words)

	Banff Rocky Mountain Cycle Tours, Banff Bicycle Tours & Canadian Rockies Bicycle Tours & Banff Cycle Adventure Tours in ...
		Bella Coola is also Spanish for "Beautiful valley” and probably came from an Indian expression "bella coola wind" referring to the cold wind from that direction in winter.
		Seeing a bear can be one of the most memorable experiences of a wilderness vacation, but it is our responsibility to respect the bear in its home.
		Anahim Lake is the site of a long-established Chilcotin settlement, which was expanded in the 1940s and the 1950s by Carrier Native peoples who had gradually left their remote villages to move to Anahim Lake.
	www.canusacycletours.com /Newsletter.htm (7017 words)

	John Buchan Exhibit in the W.D. Jordan Library (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		At left: Cover of John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier by Andrew Lownie (London: Constable, 1995).
		John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, was Governor General of Canada from 1935 until his death in 1940.
		A man of action and prodigious energy with a great sense of adventure, he was equally a man of contemplation and imagination.
	stauffer.queensu.ca /webmus/exhibits/2004oct_buchan.htm (494 words)

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