Word: buchan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...etiquet, his successor should not have been named until after Bessborough finishes presiding at the King's Silver Jubilee ceremonies in Canada. But George V's popularity in his dominions is more important to the Government than Bessborough's personal feelings. Therefore, last week plain John Buchan was named Governor-General...
...John Buchan, 59, is a smallish, tightlipped, prudent Scot, an able romanticist in most of his 50 books, an able realist in life. Son of a middle-class preacher, he has many potent friends, few enemies; many abilities, no vices. He has been a lawyer, private secretary to the High Commissioner for South-Africa, justice of the peace, soldier, Wartime director of Information (propaganda), book publisher, director of Reuter's news agency, member of Parliament from the Scottish Universities. He has written a score of excellent adventure stories, such as The Dancing Floor, Greenmantle, The Path of the King...
...playing the hero himself Mr. Buchan has no taste. His most notable bill in Parliament was one on greyhound racing. British intellectuals object to the fact that Buchan scholarship, without falsifying history, can make a great man look like a scamp, a scamp look like an honest fellow. He is friend to many a British pacifist yet he believes in what he calls "the eternal sacrament of war." In his career, he goes slowly and prudently, saves all his violent and romantic impulses for his books. He married a daughter of the rich Grosvenor clan, the Duke of Westminster...
...King's son be named the next Governor-General. But Canadian elections are coming and Bennett may not be Premier after them. Therefore His Majesty's Government consulted, not only Bennett, but also the leader of the Opposition, Liberal Mackenzie King, who is a good friend of Buchan. King advised strongly against a King...
Last week Mr. Buchan's choice for the job was a huge success. The Canadian Commons cheered the news with a will. Britain hoped George V would make his man a peer before John Buchan goes to Canada in the early autumn; Canadians fervently prayed he would not. Canadian politicians promptly tried to impress one another with the fact that they had read Buchan's books and Canadian bookstores advertised the volumes they had in stock. Only the loyal Toronto Daily Star bridled: "It may be a little unseemly to be discussing so approvingly the selection...