Countess of March, Hilda Gordon-Lennox Country Life Magazine Portrait May 14 1927

Countess of March, Hilda Gordon-Lennox Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, May 14 1927. LXI No. 1582

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of the Countess of March, taken at Molecomb on the Goodwood Estate, with her five grandchildren.

• Location: The portrait was taken at Molecomb, a house on the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex.
• The Grandchildren:
  • The three boys in kilts are the sons of Lady Amy Coates
  • The little girl and baby boy are the children of Lady Doris Vyner
• Title: The Countess of March later became the Duchess of Richmond and Gordon when her husband succeeded to the dukedom in 1928.
• Family: She was Hilda Madeline Brassey Gordon-Lennox, wife of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond.
• Children: The couple had five children, including:
  • Lady Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox (1894–1975)
  • Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (1896–1980)
  • Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox (1904–1989), later 9th Duke of Richmond

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.