Alastair Francis Buchan
British writer on defence studies
Alastair Francis Buchan, CBE (9 September 1918 – 4 February 1976) was a leading British writer on defence studies in the 1970s.
Career
The son of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and Susan Charlotte Grosvenor,[1] he was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, Buchan joined the Canadian Army and saw active service in the Second World War.[2]
Having worked as a journalist with The Observer, Buchan was appointed Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 1958, Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1969, and Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford in 1972.[2] In 1973 he gave the Reith Lectures on the theme "Change Without War".[2]
Family
In 1942 Buchan married Hope Gilmore; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]
References
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ a b c Alastair Francis Buchan at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
External links
- 1973 Reith Lecture Alastair Buchan, Change Without War
- Obituary: Alastair Francis Buchan, 1918–1976 in The Round Table by Michael Howard
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John Buchan
- The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
- Greenmantle (1916)
- Mr Standfast (1919)
- The Three Hostages (1924)
- The Courts of the Morning (1929)
- The Island of Sheep (1936)
- The Power-House (1916)
- John Macnab (1925)
- The Dancing Floor (1926)
- The Gap in the Curtain (1932)
- Sick Heart River (1941)
- Huntingtower (1922)
- Castle Gay (1930)
- The House of the Four Winds (1935)
- Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895)
- John Burnet of Barns (1898)
- A Lost Lady of Old Years (1899)
- The Half-Hearted (1900)
- The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales (1906)
- A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
- Prester John (1910)
- The Moon Endureth (1912)
- Salute to Adventurers (1915)
- The Path of the King (1921)
- Midwinter (1923)
- Witch Wood (1927)
- The Runagates Club (1928)
- The Blanket of the Dark (1931)
- The Magic Walking Stick (1932)
- A Prince of the Captivity (1933)
- The Free Fishers (1934)
- The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)
- Montrose (1928)
- Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)
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