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lord Tweeusmuir lady 'I‘weedsu.uir John Buchan was burr in Scotland in 1875, and Lady Tweedsmuir, who was Susan Charlotte was educated a: the Universities of tlaspow and Grosvenor, prior to her marriage, Was a grandâ€" Dxford. He was a novelist, historian and statesâ€" daughter of Lord Ebury. man, and the first Commoner ever appointed Governorâ€" General of Canada. While serving with her husband in Canada, she took a special interest in the provision of libâ€" He entered Parliament in 1927, as represertâ€" raries for our rural areas, and also encouraged ative of the Scottish Universities, holdiyg that. homen‘s Institutes to compile and publish their position until l935, when he was appointed to the local histories. Canadian post, and was created the lst Baron Tweedsmuir, by King George V. lady ‘l'weedsmuir wrote several. novels, herself. In Sis book, ’Memoryâ€"holdâ€"theâ€"door", John buchan tells of his marriage in the following words â€" "in the autumn of 1906, my unsettled years came happily to an end, for l became engaged to Susan Grosvenor, and we were married in the following July. 1 had no longer any craviig for a solitary life at some extremity of the Empire, for Log-land was once more for me an enchanted land, and Lonâ€" don a magical city. I think that, in spite of my many {riches and interests, 1 had been suffering from loneliness, sirce my family were four hundreo miles away. Low, l acquired a. Vast new relat- ionship â€" - Grosvenors, ‘u‘ellesleys, Stuart-\‘ortleys, Lyttletors, Taloots â€" - anu above all, I found the perfect comrade. I have been happy in many things, but all my other good fortune has been as dust in the balance, compared “ith the blessing of an incomparable wife". Lord and lady Tweedsmuir‘s family consisted of three sons and one daughter â€" Hon. John, Hon. William, Hon. Alastair a! d Hon. hrs. Fairfaxâ€"Lucy. Lord ‘hveedsmuir passed away :1: l9“), while still serving as Governor-General of Canaan. Emmitul). - â€" - written by lady ‘Iweedsuxuir. I am so glad to hear that the houen‘s Institutes of onturit are goir 1‘ to compile village history books. Events move very fast noususys; houses are pulled uown, new roaus are mane, and the aspect of the countryside Cham'as completely, sometimes, in short time. It is a most useful ard satisfy ir‘r task for nomen's institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forrotten, hm; Women shoulu he or the alert always to guaru the traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches u d prins, posh-‘5, at u prose legerus shoulo fird their way into these books. The oldest people ir the villare will tell us Juscinatirl stories of that the) remember, which the younrer member car writ:- dovsr, thus mu ' u britge between them, emu events which happened before they were born. fter all, it is the histo 3 of humarity which is contiruall, interestix g ard your village hisLorlEE will be Lhe L‘sis of accurate facts, much values. b5 historians of the future. I am proud to thin}: that you have called them "The meedsmLir .‘illape histories '.