Alastair Francis Buchan

Alastair Francis Buchan, CBE (9 September 1918 – 4 February 1976) was a leading writer on defence studies in the 1970s.

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 the Second World War.[2]

Having worked as a journalist with The Observer, Buchan 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 Buchan married Hope Gilmore; they had two sons and a daughter.[3]

References
  1. Scottish War Graves Project. Accessed 11 July 2013
  2. Alastair Francis Buchan at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Donald Evans		 Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
1970–1972		 Succeeded by
Sir Mervyn Butler
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