Alastair Francis Buchan
The Hon. Alastair Francis Buchan CBE (9 September 1918 – 4 February 1976) was a leading writer on defence studies in the 1970s.
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Career
The son of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Alastair Buchan was given the same forename as his father's brother, who had been killed in the First World War.[1] He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, Buchan joined the Canadian Army and saw active service in World War II.[2] Having worked as a journalist on The Observer, he 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 he married Hope Gilmore; they had two sons and a daughter.[3]
References
- ↑ Scottish War Graves Project. Accessed 11 July 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alastair Francis Buchan at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ The Peerage.com
External links
- 1973 Reith Lecture Alastair Buchan, Change Without War
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Commandant of the Imperial Defence College 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Sir Mervyn Butler |
- 1918 births
- 1976 deaths
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Canadian Army officers
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford
- The Observer people
- Younger sons of barons
- Montague Burton Professors of International Relations (University of Oxford)
