Baron Tweedsmuir
Baron Tweedsmuir ['twi: dzmjоэ], of Elsfield in the County of Oxford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the village of Tweedsmuir in the Scottish Borders .
Award
The title was created on June 1, 1935 for Scottish writer and MP John Buchan before he was appointed Governor General of Canada .
Today his grandson Toby Buchan holds the title as 4th Baron.
List of Barons Tweedsmuir (1935)
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940)
- John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir (1911–1996)
- William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir (1916-2008)
- Toby Buchan, 4th Baron Tweedsmuir (* 1950)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current baron, Hon. John Alasdair Buchan Gawain (* 1986).
Individual evidence
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0992934826 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page