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Miss Vanessa Rogers and Miss Rebecca Procter - Vanessa, aged 26, is the second daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Rogers and Mrs Penny Rogers; Rebecca, also 26, is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs John Procter. School friends from Sherborne, they set up Take Note Ltd, a notetaking and transcription service, a year ago, and are now finalists for Young Entrepreneurs of the Year at the StartUps Awards 2007, to be held on October 31, at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington.
Vanessa Rogers and Rebecca Procter Country Life Magazine Portrait October 18 2007
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Miss Johanna McDonald, daughter of Mr and Mrs Terence McDonald of Oving, West Sussex, is to be married to Mr Thomas Baring, younger son of the Hon Vivian and Mrs Baring, of Lower Swell, Gloucestershire. A graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the Courtauld Institute of Art, Jo is Head of Sale for Twentieth Century British and Irish Art at Christie's South Kensington. She is seen here with a painting by Kyffin Williams from the Twentieth Century British Art sale to be held at Christie's South Kensington
Miss Johanna McDonald Country Life Magazine Portrait October 11 2007
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Miss Hermione Gibbs - Hermione, aged 19, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Gibbs, of Belladrum Estate, Inverness-shire. Educated at Stowe, she did an art foundation course at the Leith School of Art in Edinburgh, and is now studying in Florence at the Charles H. Cecil Studios. Hermione hopes to become a portrait painter.
Miss Hermione Gibbs Country Life Magazine Portrait October 4 2007
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Miss Leonora Howard - Leonora, aged 21, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Howard, of Daglingworth House, Gloucestershire. Educated at Tudor Hall, she is currently studying in Santa Barbara at the University of California, but will return to Edinburgh for her final year. She is pictured here at home in the Cotswolds with her shug, Mish-Mish, a shih-tzu pug cross, who appeared in COUNTRY LIFE On February 8.
Miss Leonora Howard Country Life Magazine Portrait September 27 2007
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Miss Emily Wilson and Miss Katie Wilson - Emily, aged 18, and Katie, aged 20, are the daughters of Mr and Mrs Jim Wilson, of Westward, Sudeley, Gloucestershire. Emily has completed A levels at Cheltenham Ladies' College and is taking a gap year before reading geography at university; Katie is reading Spanish at Bristol and is about to spend her year out in South America. They are pictured here at home, where the whole family recently celebrated five milestone birthdays with a pink and purple party.
Emily Wilson and Katie Wilson Country Life Magazine Portrait September 20 2007
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Miss Alice Bromley Gardner - Alice, aged 19, is the younger daughter of Col and Mrs Michael Bromley Gardner, of Coombe Cottage, Charlton, Wiltshire. Educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury and Cirencester College, where she gained three Grade As, Alice has chosen not to go to university, but to work in London while doing a millinery course at the London College of Fashion. She has recently been helping her mother, who appeared on the COUNTRY LIFE frontispiece on November 12, 1981
Miss Alice Bromley Gardner Country Life Magazine Portrait September 13 2007
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The Honourable India Windsor-Clive - India, who celebrated her 19th birthday on Monday, is the daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Windsor, of Oakly Park, Ludlow, Shropshire. Educated at Heathfield and Stowe, she will spend her gap year travelling and doing a cookery course at Ballymaloe, before reading history of art at university. India is pictured here at home in Shropshire.
India Windsor-Clive Country Life Magazine Portrait September 6 2007
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Miss Emily Horrell - Emily, aged 20, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Horrell, of Lodge Farm, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. She is about to start her second year reading sociology at Newcastle, and is currently working on the Dubarry stand at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, which start today.
Miss Emily Horrell Country Life Magazine Portrait August 30 2007
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Miss Theodora Schroder, elder daughter of the late Mr Richard Schroder, and of Mrs Schroder, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, is to be married to Mr Matthaus Mayer, son of Mr and Mrs Christian Mayer, of Vienna, Austria. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Theodora is pictured here on the yacht Franzisca during Cowes Week-she is a keen yachtswoman and holds her commercial Yachtmaster qualification.
Miss Theodora Schroder Country Life Magazine Portrait August 23 2007
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Miss Anna Jauncey - Anna, aged 18, is the daughter of the Hon Jamie and Mrs Jauncey, of Cairnlea, Birnam, Perthshire. Educated at Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy, she is currently working at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and afterwards will take up a work placement with Vivienne Westwood. Seen here at Loch Tummel, Anna, who is also an accomplished musician, hopes to become a fashion designer.
Miss Anna Jauncey Country Life Magazine Portrait August 16 2007
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Miss Laura Robinson - Laura, aged 20, is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Robinson, of Toyd Farm, Rockbourne, Hampshire. Educated at Millfield, she spent part of her gap year working for her sister's catering company, Food for All, which has organised events for the Countryside Alliance and other charitable causes. Laura is now about to pursue a modelling and acting career.
Miss Laura Robinson Country Life Magazine Portrait August 9 2007
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Miss Victoria Grant - Victoria, aged 20, is the younger daughter of Mr Philip Grant and of Mrs Irene Grant. Educated at Westonbirt, where she was head girl, she has completed a Short Service Limited Commission with the Royal Artillery, and this autumn will read psychology at Plymouth. Both Victoria and her mother will be on duty at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park, which starts tomorrow-Victoria on the Dubarry stand and her mother as a fence judge.
Miss Victoria Grant Country Life Magazine Portrait August 2 2007
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Miss India Aldridge - India, aged 22, is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Aldridge, of Rustlings Park, Hillbrow, Hampshire. Educated at Bradfield College, she has just graduated from Oxford Brookes with a degree in law and business. India is seen here modelling this year's new collection from the Really Wild Clothing Company, and will be working on its stand at the CLA Game Fair at Harewood House, near Leeds, which starts tomorrow.
Miss India Aldridge Country Life Magazine Portrait July 26 2007
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Miss lanthe MacKenzie-Beevor - lanthe, aged 24, is the younger daughter of Col and Mrs Christopher Mackenzie-Beevor, of Down House, Chicklade, Wiltshire. Educated at Sherborne, she graduated with a degree in sociology from Newcastle, and is now a sales consultant for the tour operator Powder Byrne. On Saturday, lanthe will take to the skies in a good cause: she is taking part in the tandem skydive at Netheravon Airfield Camp, Wiltshire, in aid of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Farmilies Assocation.
Miss lanthe MacKenzie-Beevor Country Life Magazine Portrait July 19 2007
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Miss Eleanor Stourton - Eleanor, aged 23, is the daughter of Mr Edward Stourton and of Mrs Margaret Stourton. Educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, she graduated with a first in drama from the University of Aberystwyth. She is now about to start a course in photography, and hopes to pursue a career in the arts.
Miss Eleanor Stourton Country Life Magazine Portrait July 12 2007
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Miss Amy Kippen - Amy, aged 21, is the daughter of Mr Michael Kippen of Rode, Somerset, and of Mrs Alison Kippen, of Atworth, Wiltshire. She has just completed her second year studying fashion accessories at Cordwainers at the London College of Fashion. One of her handbags, designed to aid visually impaired teenagers, is currently on display in the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, London E2.
Miss Amy Kippen Country Life Magazine Portrait July 5 2007
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Miss Miranda Hadsley-Chaplin - Miranda, aged 20, is the eldest daughter of Mr Mark Hadsley-Chaplin and Mrs Lavinia Hadsley-Chaplin. Educated at St Mary's Ascot, she is now reading hospitality management studies at Oxford Brookes. Miranda will be taking part in Macmillan Dog Day, to be held on Tuesday, July 3, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW3, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support (tickets 020-7795 0055). She is pictured here with Teasle Pickett, who has been chairdog of Macmillan Dog Day.
Miss Miranda Hadsley-Chaplin Country Life Magazine Portrait June 28 2007
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Miss Freya Broughton and Miss Georgia Broughton - Freya (left), aged 17, and Georgia, 19, are pictured here in one of the Maharaja tents at Camp Kerala, the Rhajasthani tented village owned by their mother, Jenny Lederman. It overlooks Glastonbury Festival, which starts tomorrow.
Freya Broughton and Georgia Broughton Country Life Magazine Portrait June 21 2007
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Miss Katie Turnbull - Katie, aged 24, is the youngest daughter of Mr Simon Turnbull, of Long Barn, Waverley Abbey, Surrey, and of Mrs Gill Vlasto, of Taunton, Somerset. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a degree in theatre design, and is now a bespoke dressmaker. Katie has her own label, KatieMosa, and is shown here outside her Fulham studio with one of her designs from her 'Tweed with a Twist' collection.
Miss Katie Turnbull Country Life Magazine Portrait June 14 2007
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Miss Rebecca Steels, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Steels, of West Cottage, Odiham, Hampshire, is to be married to Mr Simon Brewer, elder son of the late Mr Keith Brewer and the late Mrs Patricia Brown, of Dura Den, Cupar, Fife. Rebecca, who works in PR, is pictured here at William Kent House at The Ritz, where their wedding reception will be held.
Miss Rebecca Steels Country Life Magazine Portrait June 7 2007
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Miss Kate Beaton - Kate, aged 19, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs John Beaton, of Newlands, Glasgow. She is in her first year reading International Relations with French at St Andrews, and recently modelled in the St Andrews Charity Fashion Show-she is pictured here at St Andrews on the West Sands in a dress designed by Claire Alexander.
Miss Kate Beaton Country Life Magazine Portrait May 31 2007
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Miss Caroline Ford - Caroline, who celebrated her 20th birthday last Tuesday, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ford, of Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. She is in her second year reading history of art at St Andrews, where she modelled in the Don't Walk Charity Fashion Show, in aid of Orphanage Africa and the Sandpiper Trust. Caroline hopes to become an actress, and recently played the role of Juliet in the Byre Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet.
Miss Caroline Ford Country Life Magazine Portrait May 24 2007
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Miss Flora McKillop - Flora, aged 21, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David McKillop, of Bowerchalke, Wiltshire. Educated at the Godolphin School in Salisbury, she did an art foundation course at Oxford Brookes, and is now about to graduate from the Cordwainers Course at the London College of Fashion. Flora has her own label and specialises in bespoke bags and accessories-she is shown here with two of her most successful designs.
Miss Flora McKillop Country Life Magazine Portrait May 17 2007
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Miss Roberta Massy-Birch - Roberta, aged 23, is the second daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Massy-Birch, of Hartgrove Hill Farm, Musbury, Devon. She graduated with a degree in communication, media and culture studies from Oxford Brookes, where she organised a charity fashion show in aid of Cancer ResearchUK, and is now working as an intern for The Sunday Times Style. She hopes to become a fashion stylist.
Miss Roberta Massy-Birch Country Life Magazine Portrait May 10 2007
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Miss Emily Stephenson - Emily, who celebrates her 21st birthday on Monday, is the younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Ralph Stephenson, of Rosare, South Woodchester, Gloucestershire. Educated at Westonbirt, she is in her second year reading history at Oxford Brookes, and hopes to become an actress. Her family will be on duty at Badminton-Emily on the Dubarry stand, her father as part of the medical team and her brother as a steward
Miss Emily Stephenson Country Life Magazine Portrait May 3 2007
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Miss Lucy Simmonds - Lucy, aged 20, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Simmonds, of Rosehill, East Horsley, Surrey. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, she is in her first year reading English Literature at St Andrews, and hopes to become a journalist. Lucy is seen here modelling for the St Andrews Charity Fashion Show, in aid of the Global.
Miss Lucy Simmonds Country Life Magazine Portrait April 26 2007
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Miss Bryonie Leask, elder daughter of Major General and Mrs Anthony Leask, of Jasmine Cottage, Burbage, Wiltshire, is to be married to Lord Hyde, son of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, of Holywell House, Swanmore, Hampshire. Shown here in the grounds of Holywell House, Bryonie is a project manager for a recruitment advertising agency in the City.
Miss Bryonie Leask Country Life Magazine Portrait April 19 2007
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Miss Alannah Wilkins - Alannah, aged 26, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Adrian Wilkins, of Sweffling, Suffolk. She is an artist specialising in portraiture and still life, and spent three years studying history of art at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence. Alannah is shown here with some of her paintings in her studio in the Gas Works, off the New King's Road, and will be exhibiting her work at an exhibition in London in December.
Miss Alannah Wilkins Country Life Magazine Portrait April 12 2007
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Miss Rose Proby - Rose, aged 20, is the third daughter of Sir William and Lady Proby, of Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire. Seen here at home last week, Rose is in her second year studying history of art at Oxford Brookes. Her father, currently chairman of the National Trust.
Miss Rose Proby Country Life Magazine Portrait April 5 2007
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Miss Polly Ziegler - Polly, who was 24 on Friday, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Ziegler, of Lords Oak Cottage, Landford, Wiltshire. Educated at the Godolphin School, Salisbury, she graduated with a degree in marketing from Newcastle, and is now working in PR. She hopes to work in New York later this year.
Miss Polly Ziegler Country Life Magazine Portrait March 29 2007
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Miss Carina Bolton, elder daughter of the late Mr Nicholas Bolton and the Hon Mrs Lavinia Bolton, is to be married to Viscount Slane, elder son of the Earl of Mount Charles, and Juliet, Countess of Mount Charles. Having completed her Masters in Environmental Technology at Imperial College, Carina is starting her thesis on renewable energy solutions for the Slane Castle Estate, including bioenergy systems.
Miss Carina Bolton Country Life Magazine Portrait March 22 2007
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Miss Camilla Horsfall - Camilla, who will be 25 on Tuesday, is the elder daughter of Mr Charles Horsfall, of The Old Malt House, Chitterne, Wiltshire, and of Mrs Bridget Horsfall, of The Old Farm House, Cottonworth, Hampshire. Educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, she graduated with a degree in sociology from Leeds, and spent two years working for the Cities of London and Westminster Conservatives. Camilla is now doing a ski season in Verbier with Ski Armadillo, and this summer will travel to Bogota, Colombia,
Miss Camilla Horsfall Country Life Magazine Portrait March 15 2007
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Miss Jennifer Hockley - Jen, aged 22, is the daughter of Commodore Christopher Hockley, RN, of Wick, South Gloucestershire, and of Mrs Lorraine Hockley, of Wingfield, Wiltshire. Educated at St George's Ascot, she graduated with a degree in marketing and management from Newcastle, and now works in PR at Yves St Laurent. Jen is an aspiring actress: she has performed at the Edinburgh Festival and attended drama school in New York.
Miss Jennifer Hockley Country Life Magazine Portrait March 8 2007
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Miss Eleanor d'Escourt Ashe - Eleanor, aged 23, is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert d'Escourt Ashe, of Griesemount, Co Kildare, Ireland. She is in her third year at Edinburgh reading history, and is a model at the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Students Supporting Street Kids, sponsored by Artemis, to be held on March 9 and 10 at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. Although she models part-time, Eleanor has ambitions to become a human rights lawyer.
Miss Eleanor d'Escourt Ashe Country Life Magazine Portrait March 1 2007
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Miss Lucy Russell-Hills - Lucy, aged 20, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Russell-Hills, of Lansdowne Crescent, London W11. Educated at Stowe, she is in her first year at Edinburgh reading Spanish, French and Criminology. Lucy is a model at the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Students Supporting Street Kids, sponsored by Artemis, to be held on March 9 and 10 at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. She hopes to become a travel journalist or a spy.
Miss Lucy Russell-Hills Country Life Magazine Portrait February 22 2007
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Miss Beanie Hughes, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Tim Hughes, of Fanville Head Farm, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, is to be married to Mr Rupert Sturgis, son of Mr Toby Sturgis, of Brook Farm, Great Somerford, Wiltshire, and of Mrs Gail Sturgis, of Garden Cottage, Dauntsey Park, Wiltshire. She is pictured with her three whippets outside St Mary's Church, Swerford, where she will be married on Saturday. Beanie is an international three-day-eventer, who has competed at Badminton and Burghley.
Miss Beanie Hughes Country Life Magazine Portrait February 15 2007
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Miss Laura Upcott - Laura, aged 25, works in the Special Events department at Sotheby's, and is shown here with works of art from the Impressionist and Modern Art sales that took place at Sotheby's New Bond Street earlier this week. A graduate in Modern European Languages from Durham University, Laura spent a year in Madrid and then Paris, where she worked as the Ambassador's Assistant Social Secretary at the British Embassy.
Miss Laura Upcott Country Life Magazine Portrait February 8 2007
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Miss Charlotte Ashton - Charlotte, aged 17, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Ashton, of Wenham Place, Great Wenham, Suffolk. She is currently studying for A levels at Benenden, and will spend her gap year travelling in South America before reading Spanish at university. A keen eventer, Charlotte is shown here with Lily, one of the hunters at home. Her mother also appeared on the COUNTRY LIFE Frontispiece, on March 17, 1988.
Miss Charlotte Ashton Country Life Magazine Portrait January 25 2007
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Miss Rosie Norman - Rosie, aged 19, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jamie Norman, of Greenshaw House, Holbrook, Suffolk. An art scholar at St Mary's Ascot and Uppingham, she studied at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence during her gap year, and is currently reading theology and philosophy at Leeds University. After her degree, she hopes to return to Florence to resume her training as a portrait painter.
Miss Rosie Norman Country Life Magazine Portrait January 18 2007
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Miss Matilda Goad - Tilly, aged 17, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Goad, of Deerkeepers, Uppark, Hampshire. She is currently studying for A levels at Heathfield St Mary's, and intends to do an art foundation course in the autumn. Tilly is shown here in the drawing room at Uppark, where other members of her family were previously specially photographed for the COUNTRY LIFE Frontispiece.
Miss Matilda Goad Country Life Magazine Portrait January 4 2007
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Miss Audrey Wiggin, daughter of Sir Jerry Wiggin, and of Mrs Timothy Dale Harris, is to be married to Major Miles Mitchell, The Royal Dragoon Guards, younger son of the late Mr Henry Mitchell, and of Mrs Mitchell. Audrey, who works in the City, is shown here in Goldsmiths' Hall, where her wedding reception will be held: her father is Prime Warden. Audrey's mother also appeared on the Frontispiece on her engagement, on July 16, 1964.
Miss Audrey Wiggin Country Life Magazine Portrait December 21/28 2006
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Miss Emma-Louise Hunt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Hunt, of Manor Farm, Knights Enham, Hampshire, is to be married to Mr William O'Reilly, youngest son of Captain Derek O'Reilly, RN, and Mrs O'Reilly, of Longbridge House, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. A keen shot, she is shown here with her labrador, Quiz (for more on lady guns, see page 50). Emma-Louise works for the Old Master Drawings department at Christie's.
Miss Emma-Louise Hunt Country Life Magazine Portrait December 14 2006
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The Honourable Daisy Fellowes - Daisy, aged 18, is the elder daughter of Lord and Lady De Ramsey, of Abbots Ripton Hall, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Educated at Tudor Hall, she is currently working at Pickett, and is shown here in the Burlington Arcade. Daisy will spend the rest of her gap year travelling, before studying fashion design at Leeds. She hopes to work in the fashion industry.
Daisy Fellowes Country Life Magazine Portrait December 7 2006
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Miss Georgie Bloomfield - Georgie, aged 18, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Bloomfield, of The Grange, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, she is spending her gap year working and travelling, prior to reading Biomedical Sciences at university. Georgie is a keen shot and will be appearing in our article on lady guns on December 14.
Miss Georgie Bloomfield Country Life Magazine Portrait November 30 2006
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Princess Costanza della Torre e Tasso - Costanza, aged 17, is the daughter of Prince and Princess Carlo della Torre e Tasso, of Castello di Duino, Trieste, Italy. She is currently studying for A levels at The Leys, Cambridge, and is seen here modelling jewellery by Adler and a gown by Hardy Amies, the designer she will represent at the Crillon Ball in Paris on Saturday.
Princess Costanza della Torre e Tasso Country Life Magazine Portrait November 23 2006
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Miss Sonia Carter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Carter, of Edleston House, Gainford, County Durham, is to be married to Mr Edward Lane Fox, youngest son of Mr George Lane Fox, of Bramham Park, near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, and of the late Mrs Lane Fox. Sonia is seen here modelling couture lingerie from the new Carine Gilson store that opened recently in Belgravia.
Miss Sonia Carter Country Life Magazine Portrait November 16 2006
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Miss Samantha Heard - Samantha, aged 19, is the elder daughter of Mr Richard Heard, of Putney, SW15, and of Mrs Antonia Fraser. of Barnes, SW13. Educated at Ibstock Place and the Harrodian School, she spent her gap year travelling, and is now pursuing a career as a musician-she plays the piano, guitar and violin.
Miss Samantha Heard Country Life Magazine Portrait November 9 2006
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Miss Sam Sopwith, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Tommy Sopwith, of Axford House, Axford, Hampshire, is to be married to Mr Christopher Seherr-Thoss, eldest son of Mr Henry Seherr-Thoss, of New York, and of Mrs Consuelo Hutton, of Palm Beach, Florida. Sam is an artist. She specialises in portraits and animals, and when not mountaineering or skiing, can be found in her studio in the Gas Works, off the Kings Road, SW6.
Miss Sam Sopwith Country Life Magazine Portrait November 2 2006
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