The Resume

(August 26, 1875-February 11, 1940)
Born in Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Novelist and politician
Member of Parliament (1927-35)
Named first Baron Tweedsmuir (1935)
Governor-general of Canada (1935-40)
Best-known novel was 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (1915)
Also wrote 'No Man's Land' (1898), 'Prester John' (1910), 'The Power House' (1916), 'Mr. Standfast' (1919), 'Huntingtower' (1922), 'The Three Hostages' (1924), 'The Dancing Floor' (1926), 'Witch Wood' (1927), 'Castle Gray' (1930), 'The Gap in the Curtain' (1932), 'The House of the Four Winds' (1935) and 'The Island of Sheep' (1936)

Why he might be annoying:

He passed the bar, but never practiced as an attorney.
His books included references to 'fat Jews,' 'blue-black dagos' and 'niggers.'
He got his title not for his literary works, but because King George V insisted that the Canadian Governor-general had to be a peer.

Why he might not be annoying:

During World War I, he enlisted in the intelligence corps, eventually being named Director of Information (1917).
He traveled throughout Canada, becoming the first governor-general to visit the Arctic regions.
He denounced the Nazis and anti-semitism so forcefully that he was placed on a list of prominent Britons to be rounded up by the Germans if they invaded the UK.
Time magazine wrote that he 'packed five noteworthy careers into his amazingly versatile life.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 138)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 26]
• I am Scottish
• I Attended Oxford
• I Attended University of Glasgow
• I Died in 1940 (Ranked: 64)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have Insomnia
• I Sought Political Office
• I was Cremated
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing an Indian Headdress
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 27751-28000 (Ranked: 27984)
• Served in World War I
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 22)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 63.64% Annoying