Margaret Mary Best (widely known as 'Maggie') was born on 6 October 1872, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel George Best, who succeeded his cousin as 5th Baron Wynford at the age of 65 and died a year later. She was active in various local bodies in Dorset - Cottage Hospital, Red Cross, Arts and Craft - and from 1915 to 1918 was a clerk in the War Office. From November 1919 to March 1920 she visited India, where her brother was a Forestry Officer. In 1925 she became Honorary Secretary of an experimental School Empire - Tour Committee which organised a visit to Australia in 1926-27. This was sufficiently successful for a permanent Committee to be set up. The Chairman was Dr Montague J. Rendall, and Miss Best was the Honorary Secretary. This body organised 24 tours between 1927 and 1939, and 21 of these are represented by the photographs.