Alice WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1, [1958] - [1999], p. 4

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m 5 cooumpumunnâ€"â€"oopmmare ‘:a::-fl 3 E. h sus! G. * . Tok e EQL mil~. = # . | ~_ #P Q: EL ? â€"_ y _ _ . _" :/ C s 4 e ;“v'_i:‘_,'_}f___f 6 o k * 3 oo % $o75% â€"â€" es x2\ . h â€"= e es LORD AND LADY TWEZDSMUIR John Buchan (1875 â€" 1940) First Baron, historian, novelist, and Governor General of Canada, (1935 â€" 1940). Born in Scotland, he was the son of the Rev. John Buchan. He was educated at Glasgow University and called to the Bar in 1901. In 1935 he was created Baron Tweedsmuir. The same year he was made Governor General of Canada. He died in Montreal in February, the llth, 1940. Lady Tweedsmuir â€" Lady Tweedsmuir was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Grosvenor. She married John Buchan on July 15th, 1907. She was the mother of four children, a writer, and a member of the Women‘s Institute of England. She considered Institute, for Home and Country, the greatest organization in England and Wales. Lady Tweedsmuir visited Westmeath Institute in 1937. She entertained the Women‘s Institutes of Canada at Government House in 1939. When Lady Tweedsmuir went back to England, she took toads with her because -. of their interesting noise.

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