=Bryce, James= (1838- ). Born in Belfast. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge. Entered Parliament in 1880. In 1886 under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; in 1892 chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1894 president of the board of trade. Chief secretary for Ireland, 1905-1906, and in 1907 appointed British ambassador at Washington. =Index=: =E= On the disadvantages of congressional government, 255-257. =Bib.=: Works: _Holy Roman Empire_; _American Commonwealth_. For biog., _see_ _Who's Who_, 1910. =Brymner, Douglas= (1823-1902). Born in Scotland. Came to Canada, 1857. For some time editor of the _Presbyterian_, and associate editor of the Montreal _Daily Herald_. In 1872 appointed Dominion Archivist, and held the position up to the time of his death, laying the foundations of the present splendid collection of manuscript material bearing on the history of Canada. =Index=: =Hd= His services as Dominion Archivist, 319; his opinion of Haldimand, 320; his translation of Haldimand's diary, 321. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._ =Buade, Antoine de.= =F= Grandfather of Frontenac, 61. =Buade, Henri de.= =F= Father of Frontenac, 61. =Buade, Louis de.= _See_ Frontenac. =Buchanan, Isaac= (1810-1883). Born in Scotland. In 1833 emigrated to Canada and entered into business life. Strongly opposed the Rebellion of 1837. Elected for York to the first Parliament of Canada. In 1864 appointed president of the Council in the Taché-Macdonald ministry, retiring the same year. From 1878 to 1883 a Dominion arbitrator. =Index=: =H= Joseph Howe's letter to, 1866, 190. =BL= On responsible government, 90; in political controversy, 1844, 238; his "Five Letters against the Baldwin Faction," 239-240. =B= Retires from government with Foley and Simpson, to make room for George Brown, Mowat, and Macdougall, 159. =Mc= Urges Mackenzie's amnesty, 474; generosity of, 504. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Buchanan, James= (1791-1868). Fifteenth President of the United States. =Index=: =E= His tribute to Lord Elgin, 123-124. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Buckingham, Richard Plantagenet Grenville, third Duke of= (1823-1889). Born in England. Entered Parliament, 1846; lord of the treasury, 1852; and privy councillor, 1866; president of the Council, 1866-1867, and colonial secretary, 1867-1868. Governor of Madras, 1875-1880. =Index=: =Md= Referred to by Sir John A. Macdonald in connection with Confederation negotiations, 128-129. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Budé, General de.= =Hd= Haldimand's letters to, 116, 117, 119, 191, 222; Haldimand gives Carleton letter of introduction to, 191; consulted on housekeeping matters by Haldimand, 328; his interest in Mathews, 331; Grenville's plan for placing him in Duke of York's family, 333; mentioned in Haldimand's will, 342.