John Buchan

Scottish author John Buchan (1875–1940) was both an acclaimed writer of adventure novels and, as the Governor General of Canada, one of the most high-ranking colonial administrators in the British Empire. His political career usually took precedence over his writing, but he still managed to produce several iconic works of spy fiction, including his masterpiece The Thirty-Nine Steps.

John Buchan spoke at the Whitefriars Club on ‘The Press and the War’ on 26th January 1917. He had previously attended as a guest on 10th March 1911.