John Buchan

PC, GCMG, GCVO, CH, DCL(hc) MA Oxon, DD(hc) LLD(hc) Tor, LLD(hc) Harv, LLD(hc) Yale, LLD(hc) McGill, LLD(hc) Mont, LLD(hc) Glas, LLD(hc) StAnd

- were the letters John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir could use after his name! He was Governor-General of Canada when he died.

Hopelessly dated, of course, I like him! Not so much The Thirty Nine Steps - more other Hannay novels like The Three Hostages, John McNab which is great fun, and the Dickson McCunn trilogy.