BUCHAN (John, Lord Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940, Novelist, Governor General of Canada)

Typed Letter Signed “Tweedsmuir” to W. A. PANTIN (William Abel, 1902-1973, Medieval Historian at Oxford University) thanking him for his letter and saying that he is “delighted that the ‘Oxoniensia’ should reproduce on the cover of the journal the view of Oxford which Mr New did for my book-plate...”, 1 side 4to., The Citadel, Quebec, 17th June

On 27th March 1935, Sir George Halsey Perley announced in the Canadian Parliament that the King appointed Mr. John Buchan as the viceregal representative. The King approved the appointment. Buchan, by this time elevated to the peerage as the first Baron Tweedsmuir, then departed for Canada and was sworn in as the country's Governor General on 2nd November 1935.

Item Date:  1936

Stock No:  42720      £125

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