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f vi--o>» ' e Aooite _ _4 n oninine nernomitnas dn hxkz nemiiont Ne ind ce ced tp ince anttienatn l s en t e ' | | I -- | | { | | | | | LORD _ AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR 1 ' In 1935 Lord Tweedsmuir came to Canada as Governor--General accompanied | & al f | by Susan, Lady Tweedsmuir. Lord Tweedsmuir was born John Buchan in | | Scotland, August 25th, 1875. He was called to the bar in 1901, was ' historian, novelist and author of several biographies. '"Memory Holds | 'the Door" was his autobiography. He died in 1940. | Lady Tweedsmuir was an ardent Women's Institute member in England | and was made an honorary life member of the F.W.I.0. She advocated | that the Women's Institute organization across Canada compile the histories of our local communities and villages. She returned to t E}ngland following the death of her husband. | "¥ ; | sa i 4 { In her honour the histories were called Tweedsmuir Books. Lady c Tweedsmuir, died March 24th, 1977, at her Oxfordshire home in England at the age of 94, | _ Wl LadySusan, Tweedsmuir o | tactn, k § a nsinee, | Lady Tweedsmuir, widow of Lord Tweedsmuit, > . Completed Ontario Tweedsmuir Histories are on l | late Canadian Governor General, died March 24 at microfilm at the Ontario Archives. These. valuable [ j her Oxfordsbire' home in England at the age of 94. pgggs,g_r.,e}qertaixfly.,ggg qn'ly in Ontario but in all-prdv-, | ' ( She was responsible for introducing the idea of inces. National Tweedsmuir History competitions | * | gathering historical community data and compiling have been held at FWIC Conventions over the years. _ | the information into book form. Because of her en-- Stqu§t_10§€§hpw over 1300 branches in Ontario have'_lb;; j l couragement Women's Institute members in Ontario ca_xl histories ranging from a single volume to as higflfis, j 4 compiled®Tweedsmuir History books at branch, dis-- nine volumes. f'hks= ts Te 1 _ triet, area and provincial level. . 'Women's Institutes are gratefulto the foresight of, Lady Tweedsmuir was generous enough to write t Lady':?['weedsmuir;andmhesupport given to encourage, the foreword which:appears in all Tweedsmuir History | b'ran'(;h'-v;nembe'mto,{eco,-d\mismfles of local:communi--~ books. Today, Tweedsmuir Histories in Ontario are ties that otherwise would have been forever lost.. _/ considered authentic historical data and recognized by e ysibes syolos 23 $ j the Ministry of Education as a true source of informa-- e | tion for students, ; L 0 oi ue .20 _______ e