Ludovic "Sandy" Gustavus Arbuthnot, later 16th[1] Lord Clanroyden is a fictional character who appears in various books by John Buchan in the Richard Hannay series.
These books include Greenmantle, The Three Hostages, The Courts of the Morning, and The Island of Sheep, but not the first in the series, The Thirty-Nine Steps.
He married Barbara and settled at an idyllic estate called Laverlaw, near Ettrick in the Borders.
Colonel Sir Aubrey Herbert (1880–1923; twice offered the throne of Albania, 2nd son of 4th Earl of Carnarvon), but later also reflected T. E.
[3] Anne Taylor and James Jauncey have argued that the travels of R. B. Cunninghame Graham in Morocco provided another source of inspiration for the character.