1875 - 1940 (64 years)
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Name |
John (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) Buchan |
Suffix |
Gcmg, Gcvo, Ch, Pc |
Birth |
26 Aug 1875 |
Perth, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
11 Feb 1940 |
Canada |
- While shaving on February 6, 1940, Tweedsmuir had a stroke and injured his head badly in the fall. He received the best possible care ? the famous Dr. Wilder Penfield of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, operated twice ? but the injury proved fatal. On February 11, Tweedsmuir died. Prime Minister Mackenzie King reflected the loss that all Canadians felt when he read the following words over the radio, "In the passing of His Excellency, the people of Canada have lost one of the greatest and most revered of their Governors General, and a friend who, from the day of his arrival in this country, dedicated his life to their service."
This was the first time a Governor General had died during his term of office since Confederation. After the lying-in-state in the Senate Chamber, a state funeral for Lord Tweedsmuir was held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Ottawa. His ashes were returned to England on the cruiser HMS Orion for final burial at Elsfield, where he had bought the Manor in 1920.
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Burial |
Elsfield, Nr Oxford, England |
Person ID |
I129237 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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Notes |
- Author (39 Steps, et al) and diplomat
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