Dr. Cyril Norwood Country Life Magazine Portrait December 19 1925

Dr. Cyril Norwood Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 19 1925. LVIII No. 1511

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Dr Cyril Norwood, the newly appointed headmaster of Harrow. Born in 1875, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John’s College, Oxford. He married Catharine Margaret Kilner, daughter of Dr W. J. Kilner, and they had three daughters.

• Education: He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John’s College, Oxford.
• Career Timeline: Before his appointment at Harrow, he served as Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School (1906–1916) and Master of Marlborough College (1917–1925).
• Legacy: He is best known for the 1943 Norwood Report, which introduced the tripartite system of secondary education in the United Kingdom.
• Honours: He was knighted in 1938 for his services to education.
• Family: He married Catharine Margaret Kilner in 1901, and they had three daughters: Enid Norwood (born 1902), Aileen Norwood (born 1905), and Barbara Norwood (born 1908).
• Educational Environment: The family lived in several notable academic settings, including Bristol, Marlborough College, and Harrow School.
• International Travel: In the 1930s, the family accompanied Dr Norwood on an educational tour across New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
• Mother’s Influence: His wife was active in charitable work and was awarded the Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth by the Belgian government for her work with refugees during the First World War.

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.