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7 John Buchan was born in Scotland in 1875. and Lady Twasdsmoir, who was Susan Charlotte was educated at the Universities of Glasgow and Groavsnor. prior to her marriage. was 3 Oxford. He was a novelist. historian and states- granddaughter of Lord Ehury. man, and the first commoner ever appointed to be Governorâ€"General of Canada. While serving with her husband in Canada. she took a special interest in the provision He entered Parliament in 1927, as representâ€" of libraries for our rural areas. and also stiva of the dcottish Universities, holding that encouraged m‘omen's lnstitutes to compile and position until 1955. when he was appointed to publish local histories. Lady Tweedsmuir the usnsdian post. and was created the First was, herself, the author of several novels Baron Tweedsmuir. by King George V. and an autobiography. in his boss. "Memory Hold-the-door", John ouchsn tells of his marriage in the following words â€" "in the autumn of 1906. my unsettled years cams happily to an and, for l became engaged to susan Grosvenor. and we were married the following July. 4. had no 101156? any craving for a solitary lifé at some extremity Of the Enpire, for ungland was Once more for me an enchanted land, and London a magical city. l thimc that. in spite of my many friends and interests. J. had been suffering from loneliness. since my family were four hundred miles away. now. l acquired a vast new relationship - - Grosvenors, \vellesleys. Lyttletons. ‘L‘albots - - and above all. l found the perfect comrade. l have been happy in many things, hutsll my other good fortune has been as dust in the balance. compared with the blessing of an imcompsrsble wife". Lord and Lady 1weedsmnir's family consisted of three sons and one daughter - Hon. oohn, HDIJ- William. Hon. Alastair and hon. Mrs. Fairfax lucy. Lord ~weedsmu'lr passed away in 1840. while still serving as Governor-General or danada. :- u - s s s s c - FOREWORD. 1 am so glad to hear that the .Iomen's institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down. new roads are made. and the aspect of the countryside changes completely, sometimes in a short time- lt is s most useful and satisfying tees for women's institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or lorgotten, and women should be on the alert always to guard the trsiitions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches and prints. poems and prose legends should find their way into these booms. 'Jhe Oldest people in the village will tell us fascin- ating stories of what they remember. which the younger members can write down, thus making a bridge between them and events which happened before they were born. After all. it is the history of humanity which is interesting to us, and your Village histories will he the basis of accurate facts. much valued hy historians of the mture. 1 am proui to thins that you haw called them "The fweadsmuir Violsgo Histories".