Lady Belper nee Angela Mariota Tollemache Country Life Magazine Portrait October 17 1925

Lady Belper nee Angela Mariota Tollemache Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, October 17 1925. LVIII No. 1502

The featured frontispiece this week is from a new portrait of Lady Belper, who is the younger daughter on the Hon. Douglas Tollemache, and was married to the third Baron Belper in 1923.

• The Subject: Angela Mariota Tollemache (1900–1995), later Lady Belper, the younger daughter of Hon. Douglas Alfred Tollemache and Alice Mary Head.
• Marriage: She married Algernon Henry Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper, on July 12, 1923. This was his second marriage, following his earlier marriage to Eva Bruce.
• Children (with Lord Belper):
  • Hon. Peter Algernon Strutt (1924–2007): Educated at Eton; served as a Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards during WWII and was awarded the Military Cross (1945). Later became chairman of Tollemache and Cobbold Breweries.
  • Hon. Desmond Rupert Strutt (1926–1993): The couple’s second son.
• Stepchildren (from Lord Belper’s first marriage):
  • Alexander Ronald George Strutt (1912–1999): Succeeded his father as the 4th Baron Belper.
  • Hon. Michael Strutt (1914–1942): Killed in a flying accident during WWII, the same crash that claimed Prince George, Duke of Kent.
  • Hon. Lavinia Mary Strutt (1916–1995): Later became the Duchess of Norfolk after marrying Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk.
• Later Life: After Lord Belper’s death in 1956, she remarried in 1958 to Rev. Harry Norman Wrigley. She passed away in February 1995 at the age of 94.

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.