Alastair Francis Buchan

Alastair Francis Buchan,

(9 September 1918 – 4 February 1976) was a leading British writer on defence studies in the 1970s.

Career

The son of

Having worked as a journalist with

Family

In 1942 Buchan married Hope Gilmore; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Alastair Francis Buchan at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

External links

• 1973 Reith Lecture Alastair Buchan, Change Without War
• Obituary: Alastair Francis Buchan, 1918–1976 in The Round Table by Michael Howard

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Donald Evans	Commandant of the Imperial Defence College 1970–1972	Succeeded by Sir Mervyn Butler