Bronwen Scott-Ellis Country Life Magazine Portrait September 6 1930

The Hon. Bronwen Scott-Ellis Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, September 6 1930. LXVIII No. 1755

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of The Hon. Bronwen Scott-Ellis, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden.

• Identity: Bronwen Mary Scott-Ellis (1912–2003), the eldest daughter of Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, and Margherita van Raalte.
• Family: She was the twin sister of John Scott-Ellis, who later became the 9th Baron Howard de Walden.
• Social Context: As the daughter of a prominent aristocratic family, her appearance as a Country Life frontispiece reflects her position within British high society during the interwar period.
• Marriage: In 1933, she married the Hon. James Louis Lindsay, son of the 27th Earl of Crawford.

This is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.

Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)

Condition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.

This original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.