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Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Tweedsmuir, of
Elsfield in the
County of Oxford, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
[1] It was created in 1935 for the author and
Unionist politician
John Buchan. He served as
Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to his death in 1940. His eldest son, the second Baron, was the husband of the
Conservative politician
Lady Tweedsmuir. As of 2010
[update] the title is held by the second Baron's nephew, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2008.
The Honourable
James Buchan, younger son of the third Baron, is an author.
The first Baron was brought up in the
Tweed Valley in the
Scottish Borders at
Broughton close to the village of
Tweedsmuir.
The family seat was Elsfield Manor, near
Oxford.
Barons Tweedsmuir (1935)
The
heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. John Alasdair Gawain Buchan (b. 1986).
Line of Succession
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The Right Hon.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940)
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John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir (1911-1996)
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William de l'Aigle Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir (1916-2008)
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John William Howard de l'Aigle Buchan, 4th Baron Tweedsmuir (b. 1950)
- (1) Hon. John Alasdair Gawain Buchan (b. 1986)
- (2) Hon. Christopher (Kit) Charles Westray Buchan (b. 1988)
- (3) Hon. Charles Walter Edward Ralph Buchan (b. 1951)
- (4) William Edward Francis Ewelme Buchan (b. 1984)
- (5) Hon.
James Ernest Buchan (b. 1954)
- (6) Nicholas Adam Buchan (b. 1992)
- (7) Hon. Alexander Edward Buchan (b. 1961)
- (8) Patrick Charles Julian Buchan (b. 1994)
- (9) Roland Thomas Lucien Buchan (b. 1997)
- Hon. Alastair Francis Buchan (1918-1976)
- (10) David John Brian Washington Buchan (b. 1947)
- (11) Charles Buchan (b. 1986)
- (12) Julian Daniel Buchan (b. 1990)
- (13) Benjamin William Alastair Buchan (b. 1948)
- (14) Adam Peter Alastair Buchan (b. 1980)
Arms
Coat of arms of Baron Tweedsmuir
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- Crest
- A sunflower Proper.
- Escutcheon
- Azure a fess between three lions' heads erased Argent.
- Supporters
- Dexter a stag Proper attired Or collared Gules sinister a falcon Proper jessed belled and beaked Or armed and collared Gules.
- Motto
- Non Inferiora Secutus (Not Following Meaner Things)
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References