Richard Hannay of the Second World War, Buchan's last novel, "Sick Heart River" (published just after the author died in 1940) offers a hint about Hannay's future: dying in Canada, Hannay's friend Sir Edward Leithen hears of the outbreak of war in Europe and guesses that many of his old friends, including Hannay, will have taken up arms again. Richard Hannay Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and further made popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film "The 39 Steps" (and other later film adaptations), very loosely based
Hannay baronets chemist’. By 1790 he was still in business, in partnership with William Duncan at Philpot Lane, but he did not long survive his second return for Camelford on the interest of Sir Jonathan Phillipps. During the Regency crisis he had gone over to opposition with his friend Sir John Macpherson and colleague James Macpherson and he joined the members of opposition who met at Burlington House on 11 May 1790. As he died on 11 Dec. 1790 and Parliament had opened on 23 Nov., it is unlikely that he took any part in the proceedings. Hannay evidently owed £200,000 at