Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay nee Douglas-Hamilton Country Life Magazine Portrait March 29 1930

Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay nee Douglas-Hamilton Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 29 1930. LXVII No. 1732

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay, published shortly after her recent marriage.

• The Subject: Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay (née Douglas-Hamilton), daughter of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Nina Mary Benita Poore.
• The Occasion: The portrait follows her marriage in February 1930 to James Drummond-Hay, marking her transition into married life.
• Family Background: As a member of the distinguished Hamilton family, she belonged to one of Scotland’s most prominent noble houses.
• Sporting Life: She was closely associated with the hunting world, particularly the South and West Wilts Hunt, reflecting the strong equestrian traditions of her family.
• Social Context: Portraits such as this highlight the importance of country pursuits and aristocratic society during the interwar years.

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.