Mrs Critchley nee Eleanor Gladys Waring Country Life Magazine Portrait July 14 1928

Mrs Critchley nee Eleanor Gladys Waring Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, July 14 1928. LXIV No. 1643

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Critchley, the only child of Lord and Lady Waring, who was married in 1923.

• Identity: Eleanor Gladys Waring (1894–?), the only surviving child of Samuel James Waring, 1st Baron Waring, and Eleanor Caroline Bamford.
• Family: Her brother, Arthur Samuel Bamford Waring, died in 1911 at the age of 19, leaving her the sole heir.
• Marriage: She married Captain Arthur Cunliffe Bernard Critchley, D.S.O. on October 3, 1923.
• Name Change: After her marriage, she was known as Eleanor Gladys Critchley, and in 1929 she formally adopted the surname Critchley-Waring.
• Family Legacy: Her father was closely associated with the renowned furnishing firm Waring & Gillow.
• Titles: With no male heir, the Waring barony and baronetcy became extinct upon her father’s death in 1940.

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.