Lady Blades nee Margaret Emma Reiner Country Life Magazine Portrait October 9 1926

Lady Blades nee Margaret Emma Reiner Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, October 9 1926. LX No. 1551

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Blades, whose husband, Sir Rowland Blades, Bt., M.P., is to succeed Sir William Pryke as Lord Mayor of London. Lady Blades, who is a daughter of Mr. Arthur Reiner, was married in 1907, and has a son and three daughters.

• Lady Blades (Margaret, Baroness Ebbisham): She was the daughter of Arthur Reiner of Sutton, Surrey. She married George Rowland Blades in 1907.
• Sir Rowland Blades (1st Baron Ebbisham): A prominent printer and politician, he was the MP for Epsom from 1918 to 1928. He was created a Baronet in 1922 and later elevated to the peerage as Baron Ebbisham in 1928
• Children: As noted in the text, the couple had four children.
• Hon. Margaret Agnes Blades (Twin): Born in 1908, she married Brigadier Richard John Penfold Wyatt in 1933 and had two sons, Hugh and John.
• Hon. Helen Elizabeth Blades (Twin): Born in 1908, she married Admiral Hon. Sir Guy Herbrand Edward Russell (son of the 2nd Baron Ampthill) in 1939.
• Rowland Roberts Blades (Son): Born in 1912, he succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Ebbisham and married Flavia Mary Meade.
• Hon. Janet Mary Blades: Born in 1916, she married Captain John Edwin Home McBeath in 1952
• Social Debut: In May 1927, Lady Blades presented her twin daughters, Margaret and Helen, at the First Court of the Season at Buckingham Palace.
• Extinction of Title: Because the 2nd Baron (Rowland Roberts Blades) did not have a surviving male heir (his only son died in infancy), the Baron Ebbisham title became extinct upon his death in 1991

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.