Lady Mary Dorothea Hope Country Life Magazine Portrait May 21 1927

Lady Mary Dorothea Hope Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, May 21 1927. LXI No. 1583

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Mary Hope, the only surviving daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Linlithgow.

• Family: She was the daughter of John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, who served as the first Governor-General of Australia, and Hersey Alice Eveleigh-de Moleyns.
• Only Surviving Daughter: This refers to the early death of her sister, Lady Jacqueline Alice Hope, in infancy.
• Marriage: In 1936, she married Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke, becoming the Countess of Pembroke.
• Royal Service: She served as a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1934 to 1949.
• Children: She had two children:
  • Lady Diana Mary Herbert (1937–2008)
  • Henry George Charles Alexander Herbert (1939–2003), later 17th Earl of Pembroke

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.