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- where she became the first president. Tweedsmuir Histories A Canadian, Mrs. Alfred Watt took the Women's message to England and in 1915 set up the first Institute group at Angllsey in Wales. Queen Mary heard of the New Organisation, recognised its potential and had a branch formed at Sandringham, The Queen Mother Blizabeth the quesa and Printess Margaret are all members of the gandringham’ Institute ___ The Institute Motto is "For Home end Country." skills and family oriented projects were the main pat Mrs. Hoodless, the instigator of the W.I. about the community and education. village histories be kept. It wasn Tweedsmir became involved. Home making objectives, was also concerneé shé urged that community and 't until 1936 that Lady . Lady Tweedsmir was born Susan, Charlotte Grosvenor in 1883 to the well to do family of Norman Grosvenor.’ Her greet uncle was the Duke of Wellington (the iron duke). After the death of her father in 1898, she, her sister and mother lived with various family members, although they still hag; their own house in London. Several of the family were noted artists, ana from a very early age, both girls were exposed to political discussions, writers and artists, although with their Victorian upbringing they were to "be seen and not heard". Through her maternal grandmother she became involved with emigration schemes and her grandmothers “pet project" an East End mother's rest home. Her formal education was completed in Germany, studying Art and Opera. In 1904 she met John Buchan, he found her heughty and she thought him conceited and difficult to talk to. He wes a promising young lawyer and for the next year “he was in South Africa on a law case. On his return they met again through mutual friends and became engaged. A year later, in 1907 they married. They had four children, a daughter und three sons. Lady Tweedsmuir was a lady of many talents and well matched with her husband, he having an unquenchable desire for life and ~ adventure.’ They worked together creating and operating the Department of Information after the 1914-18 war. The success of this led to his appointment to the Foreign Office und eventually with his prominence as a writer, he became well known in political circles. In 1935 King George 5th appointed Lord Tweedsmir as the 15th Governor General of Catu.ca, position which John Buchan, always interested in Canada, felt had immensely interesting potentialities and great responsibilities. In 1933 the W.I. convenor of historical research has suggested the histories of farms, buildings and places of ; iaterest should be saved. It was in 1936 when Lady Tweedsmir, an active W.I. member in Britain, pecame involved. At a meeting of the Athens branch, she stressed the need tor this preservation.