Miss Sophie Hamilton Country Life Magazine Portrait April 18 2012

Miss Sophie Hamilton Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, April 18 2012. CCVI No. 16

Miss Sophie Hamilton - Sophie, elder daughter of The Hon Mrs Julia Hamilton of Oxford and Mr Stephen Hobbs of Monmouthshire, is engaged to be married to James Law, elder son of The Hon Rupert and The Hon Mrs Law of Clipston, Northamptonshire. They will be married at St Margaret's Westminster on April 21. Sophie is director of the Russian Department at Bonhams.

Individuals Involved - Sophie Louise Ann Hobbs (Sophie Hamilton): She is the elder daughter of The Hon. Mrs. Julia Hamilton (of Oxford) and Mr. Stephen Hobbs (of Monmouthshire). At the time of the announcement, she was the director of the Russian Department at Bonhams auction house. She was educated at Merton College, Oxford.
Hon. James Rupert Thomas Law: He is the elder son of The Hon. Rupert Law (now the 9th Baron Ellenborough) and The Hon. Mrs. Law (Hon. Grania Janet Gray Boardman) of Clipston, Northamptonshire.

Family Background - The Law Family: James Law's father, Rupert, succeeded as the 9th Baron Ellenborough in 2013. The family has a long history in Clipston, Market Harborough.
The Hamilton/Hobbs Family: Sophie's mother, Julia Hamilton, is a writer known for works such as The Good Catholic and Other People's Rules. Her name was legally changed to Hamilton in 1992.

The couple has two children: a daughter, Henrietta Ann Towry Law (born 2014), and a son, Edward Thomas Carmichael Law (born 2020)

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 12.5 x 9 inches (32 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. The reverse side contains unrelated printed text, as issued.

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.