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, he attended

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and

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, and

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. After

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, he eventually worked as a

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from 1965 to 1970, but later turned to

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."Buchanan, Sir Andrew (George)"
'' Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 11 June 2019. He was

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for the 1976–77 year"Sir Andrew Buchanan"
''Nottingham Castle Trust''. Retrieved 11 June 2019. and appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1985, the year after he succeeded to his father's baronetcy; between 1991 and 2012, he was

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and was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in the

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for his service in that office.
Supplement to the London Gazette
', 31 December 2010 (issue 59647), p. 3

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Andrew Living people 1937 births Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 21st-century British landowners 21st-century British farmers Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Wye College Lord-Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire