Lady Cunliffe-Lister nee Mollie Boynton Country Life Magazine Portrait April 11 1925

Lady Cunliffe-Lister nee Mollie Boynton Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, April 11 1925. LVII No. 1475

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Cunliffe-Lister, daughter of the Rev. Ingham Boynton, who married in 1912 the Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, P.C., K.B.E., then known as Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame. Sir Philip and Lady Cunliffe-Lister later changed their surname under the provisions of the will of her grandfather, the first Lord Masham. Mary Constance “Mollie” Cunliffe-Lister and her husband became closely associated with the Swinton estate and prominent public life.

• Lady Cunliffe-Lister (Mollie Boynton): Born Mary Constance Boynton in 1890, she was the daughter of the Rev. Charles Ingram Boynton, Rector of Barmston.
• Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister: Born Philip Lloyd-Greame, he married Mollie in 1912. He was an influential statesman who served as Secretary of State for Air and Secretary of State for the Colonies.
• The Name Change (1924): The couple changed their surname from Lloyd-Greame to Cunliffe-Lister in November 1924, a requirement for Mollie to inherit the Swinton Estate and the wealth of her grandfather, the industrialist Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham.
• The 1st Lord Masham: Samuel Cunliffe-Lister was a notable inventor and textile magnate who purchased the Swinton Estate in 1882. When his sons died without heirs, the estate passed to his granddaughter, Mollie.

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.