Chapter 8  Buchanan’s destiny

Buchanan had left Goa in 1808. By 1813 he was wealthy and famous. He had written several successful books and helped persuade the East India Company to take on a Christian role. But God did not seem to look kindly on his personal life. Though he found a second wife within 2 years of reaching England, she and their two children had died. Buchanan died in 1815 having written in his last will and testament that ‘ I am one of the chief sinners.’ Because of his Calvinist belief in predestination he was confident of his being one of the elect.

Buchanan grave inscriptions -

The Star in the East - 

Personal election and qualified predestination -

Little Ouseburn -

Chapter index pages Introduction, Chapter 1: Somers and Buchanans, Chapter 2: Loudons, Chapter 3: Indian Mission, Chapter 4: Picturesque Gardens, Chapter 5: Farming Landscapes, Chapter 6: Prussian Gardens, Chapter 7: Russian Gardens, Chapter 8: Buchanan’s Destiny, Chapter 9: Italian Gardens, Chapter 10: Gardenesque Gardens, Chapter 11: Utilitarian Landscapes, Chapter 12: Marriage, Chapter 13: Landscape Architecture, Chapter 14: Family Reunion, Chapter 15: Loudon’s Zenith, Chapter 16: Valedictory, Afterword.