John Buchanan (rugby union)
| Birth name | John Cecil Rankin Buchanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 June 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Malawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 February 1976 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sevenoaks, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | John Buchanan, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir John Buchanan (18 June 1896 – 19 February 1976) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was knighted in the Queen's 1961 Birthday Honours, as a Medical advisor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Buchanan played for Stewart's College FP.[1]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Edinburgh District.[2]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 11 December 1920.[3]
He was due to play for the Provinces District against the Anglo-Scots but his place was instead taken by Robert Gallie of Glasgow Academicals.[4]
He played for Scotland Probables against Provinces District on 10 December 1921.[5]
International career[edit]
He played for Scotland 16 times from 1921 to 1925.[6]
Military career[edit]
In the First World War he joined the Black Watch, as a Lieutenant.[7] He was awarded the Mons Star.[8]
In the Second World War he joined the RAMC.[9]
Medical career[edit]
He went to Edinburgh University to study medicine.[10]
He was a Medical advisor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.[11]
He was an author of A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries in 1947.[12]
Family[edit]
His father was John Buchanan (1855-1896), his mother Cecilia McKenzie Ferrie (1867-1941).
He married Ileene Belle Ferrier Roberts (1900-1990) in 1931, however they had no children.
References[edit]
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002783/19201217/063/0003
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19201226/098/0015
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211215/042/0009
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Rankin Buchanan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The K.C.M.G. group of nine awarded to". LotSearch.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19450412/054/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
- ^ Group, British Medical Journal Publishing (June 17, 1961). "Birthday Honours". Br Med J. 1 (5241): 1754–1755. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5241.1754. S2CID 26181010 – via www.bmj.com.
- ^ Buchanan, John Cecil Rankin (April 7, 1947). "A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries". South Pacific Health Service – via Google Books.