Lady Inverclyde nee Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury Country Life Magazine Portrait December 11 1926

Lady Inverclyde nee Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 11 1926. LX No. 1560

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Inverclyde, née Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sainsbury, whose marriage to Lord Inverclyde took place the previous month. She became Lady Inverclyde upon her marriage to John Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, in November 1926.

• The Bride: Olivia, often known as Olive, was the younger daughter of Arthur Sainsbury, a member of the family that founded the well-known British Sainsbury’s business.
• The Groom: Lord Inverclyde served with the Scots Guards and was the son of James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde. His family had strong associations with the shipping industry, particularly the Cunard Steamship Company.
• The Wedding: The marriage took place on November 23, 1926, at St Margaret’s, Westminster.
• Later Life: The marriage was short-lived, ending in divorce in Scotland in 1928. Olivia later married James Pearce in December 1928, while Lord Inverclyde remarried the actress June Tripp in 1929.

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.