| Birth name | John Cecil Rankin Buchanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1896-06-18)18 June 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Malawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 February 1976(1976-02-19) (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
Amateur career
Buchanan played for Stewart's College FP.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District.
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 11 December 1920.
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.
He played for Scotland Probables against Provinces District on 10 December 1921.
International career
He played for Scotland 16 times from 1921 to 1925.
Military career
In the First World War he joined the Black Watch, as a Lieutenant. He was awarded the Mons Star.
In the Second World War he joined the RAMC.
Medical career
He went to Edinburgh University to study medicine.
He was a Medical advisor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
He was an author of A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries in 1947.
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
- 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.
{{cite journal}}:|last=has generic name (help) - Buchanan, John Cecil Rankin (April 7, 1947). "A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries". South Pacific Health Service – via Google Books.