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Tweedsmuir Histories iii, Mrs. Alfred Watt took the Women‘s Institute .Jland and in l915 set up the first Institute group Wales. Queen Mary heard of the New Organisation, 7 gotential and had a branch formed at Sandringham, it,“: the first president. The Queen Mother, Elizabeth, incess Margaret are all members of the Sandringham o trte Motto is "For Home and Country." Home making sfi‘Wu. ant hily oriented projects were the main objectives, ' headless, the instigator of the W.I. was also concerned community and education. she urged that community and tories be kept. It wasn't until 1936 that Lady became involved. Lrvr weedsmuir was born Susan, Charlotte Grosvenor in 1883 to the r to do family of Norman Grosvenor. Her great uncle was the Duke 2’ Wellington (the iron duke). After the death of her father 1. l?98, sne, her sister and mother lived with various family m. Ars, although they still had their own house in London. , Sevcral 'V: family were noted artists, and from a very early age, bi h gill; were exposed to political discuSSions, writers and ar“ ts, although with their Victorian upbringing they were to "be . we ani not heard". Through her maternal grandmother she became involved with emigration schemes and her grandmothers "pet pro; ct" 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 haughty and she thought him conceited and difficult to talk to. He was 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 become engaged. A year later, in l907 they married. They had four children, a daughter and 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 1914â€"18 war. The success of this led to his appointment to the Foreign Oiiice and eventually with his prominence as a writer, he became well known in political circles. In 1935 King George 5th appointed Lord Tweedsmuir as the 15th Governor General of Canada, a position which John Buchan, always interested in C .ada, 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 interest should be saved. It was in 1936 when Lady Twecdsmuir, an active W.I. member in Britain, became involved. At a meeting of the Athens branch, she stressed the need for this preservation. “’7”