Lady Millicent Taylour Country Life Magazine Portrait Januart 2 1926

Lady Millicent Taylour Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, January 2 1926. LIX No. 1513

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Millicent Taylour, the only daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Headfort.

Lady Millicent Taylour (1907–1975) was 18 years old at the time of this publication.

• Parents: She was the daughter of Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort, and Rosie Boote, the celebrated Gaiety Girl who became Marchioness of Headfort.
• Marriage: She married Henry Frederic Tiarks III, a merchant banker and partner at J. Henry Schroder & Co., on April 28, 1930, at Westminster Cathedral.
• Children: The couple had one son, Christopher Henry Frederic Tiarks (1931–1932), who died in infancy.
• Later Life: The marriage ended in divorce in 1936. She later resumed her maiden name Taylour by deed poll in 1941 and did not remarry.
• Family Background: Her mother, Rosie Boote (1878–1958), was a prominent figure of the Edwardian era, rising from stage actress to high society after her marriage in 1901, which caused considerable public attention at the time.

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.