Lady Greenwood nee Margery Spencer Country Life Magazine Portrait February 27 1926

Lady Greenwood nee Margery Spencer and sons David and Michael Greenwood Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 27 1926. LIX No. 1521

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Greenwood, D.B.E., with her sons David and Michael (referred to in the original caption as Eric). Lady Greenwood, daughter of the late Walter Spencer, married Lieut.-Colonel the Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood in 1911.

Lady Greenwood (Margery Spencer) (1886–1968) was a prominent figure in British society and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1922 for her services in Ireland during her husband’s tenure as Chief Secretary.

• Husband: Sir Hamar Greenwood, later 1st Viscount Greenwood, a senior British politician.
• Children: The couple had four children:
  • David Henry Hamar Greenwood (1914–1998), later 2nd Viscount Greenwood
  • Michael George Hamar Greenwood (1923–2003), later 3rd Viscount Greenwood
  • Angela Margo Hamar Delevingne (1912–2014), a noted society figure
  • Deborah Hamar Greenwood (1917–1980)
• Family Connections: Angela Delevingne became a well-known socialite and was the grandmother of models Cara and Poppy Delevingne. Deborah Greenwood later married Group Captain Patrick de László and served as a Justice of the Peace.

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.