John Buchanan (rugby union)

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.

John Buchanan
Birth nameJohn Cecil Rankin Buchanan
Date of birth(1896-06-18)18 June 1896
Place of birthBlantyre, Malawi
Date of death19 February 1976(1976-02-19) (aged 79)
Place of deathSevenoaks, England
Notable relative(s)John Buchanan, father
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
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Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1919
1920
1921
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1921-25
16 (3)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Buchanan played for Stewart's College FP.[1]

Provincial career

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

He played for Scotland 16 times from 1921 to 1925.[6]

Military career

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

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

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
  1. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  2. "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002783/19201217/063/0003
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19201226/098/0015
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211215/042/0009
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Rankin Buchanan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. "The K.C.M.G. group of nine awarded to". LotSearch.
  8. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19450412/054/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35325/supplement/6242/data.pdf
  10. "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
  11. 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.
  12. Buchanan, John Cecil Rankin (April 7, 1947). "A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries". South Pacific Health Service – via Google Books.
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