Background
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.
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.
Christ Church; Eton College.
The Honorary He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, Buchan joined the Canadian Army and saw active service in World World War World War II 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. In 1973 he gave the Reith Lectures on the theme Change Without War.