Duchess of Devonshire Country Life Magazine Portrait February 26 1927

The Duchess of Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish (1870–1960) Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 26 1927. LXI No. 1571

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, the elder daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, who was married in 1892.

• Identity: Evelyn Cavendish (née Petty-Fitzmaurice) was the wife of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire.
• Family: The Duke and Duchess had seven children, including:
  • Edward Cavendish (1895–1950), later 10th Duke of Devonshire
  • Lord Charles Cavendish (1905–1944), who married Adele Astaire
  • Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1900–1966), who married Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
• Background: She was the daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, who served as Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.
• Royal Service: She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary.
• Later Life: After her husband’s death in 1938, she became the Dowager Duchess and spent her later years at Hardwick Hall.

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.