Mrs Beaumont-Nesbitt nee Ruby Hardinge Country Life Magazine Portrait March 31 1928

Mrs Beaumont-Nesbitt nee Ruby Hardinge Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 31 1928. LXIII No. 1628

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of The Hon. Mrs. Beaumont-Nesbitt, the elder daughter of Viscountess Hardinge and the late Viscount Hardinge, who was married recently.

• Identity: Ruby Hardinge (1897–1977), daughter of Henry Hardinge, 3rd Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton, and Mary Frances Nevill.
• Marriage: She married Major Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt, M.C. of the Grenadier Guards on March 1, 1928.
• Wedding Details: Her brother, the 4th Viscount Hardinge, travelled from Canada to give her away. She wore an ivory satin gown with a train of point de Venise lace.
• Family: The couple had three children:
  • June Rose Beaumont-Nesbitt
  • Dermot Beaumont-Nesbitt
  • Brian Beaumont-Nesbitt
• Later Life: Her husband later rose to the rank of Major-General, and she served as a Justice of the Peace.
• Additional Family: Major Beaumont-Nesbitt also had children from his first marriage to Cecilia Mary Lavinia Bingham.

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.