Lady Ossulston nee Roberta Mitchell Country Life Magazine Portrait January 1 1927

Lady Ossulston nee Roberta Mitchell and sons Charles and George Ossulston Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, January 1 1927. LXI No. 1563

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Ossulston with her sons, Charles and George Ossulston. Formerly Miss Roberta Mitchell, she married Lord Ossulston, the elder son of the Earl of Tankerville, in 1920.

• Lady Ossulston: Born Roberta Mitchell, she was the daughter of American businessman Herbert Mitchell.
• Lord Ossulston: Her husband was the heir to the Earl of Tankerville and later became the 8th Earl of Tankerville in 1931.
• Children: The couple had two sons:
  • Charles Augustus Grey Bennet (1921–1980), later 9th Earl of Tankerville
  • George Arthur Grey Bennet (1925–2001)
• Marriage: Their 1920 marriage was a notable transatlantic union between British aristocracy and American wealth.

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.