Lady Chamberlain nee Ivy Muriel Dundas Country Life Magazine Portrait December 12 1925

Lady Chamberlain nee Ivy Muriel Dundas Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 12 1925. LVIII No. 1510

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Chamberlain, whose appointment as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire was announced on December 1, when her husband, Sir Austen Chamberlain, received the honour of the Knighthood of the Garter. Lady Chamberlain, daughter of the late Colonel Henry Lawrence Dundas of the East Yorkshire Regiment, was married in 1906 and had two sons and a daughter.

• Lady Chamberlain (Ivy Muriel Dundas): She was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), a rare distinction at the time, recognised for her diplomatic contributions in fostering the social environment that supported peace negotiations.
• Sir Austen Chamberlain: He was awarded the Knighthood of the Garter and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as Foreign Secretary.
• Marriage: The couple married in 1906.
• Family: She was the daughter of Colonel Henry Lawrence Dundas. They had three children: Joseph Chamberlain (born 1907), Beatrice Diana Dundas Chamberlain (born 1912), and Lawrence Endicott Dundas Chamberlain (born 1917).
• Context: Sir Austen Chamberlain was the half-brother of the future Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.

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.