Miss Angela Larnach-Nevile Country Life Magazine Portrait November 24 1928

Miss Angela Larnach-Nevile Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, November 24 1928. LXIV No. 1662

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Miss Angela Larnach-Nevile, only daughter of Major and Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevile, and granddaughter of the late Lord George Nevill.

• Identity: Lady Angela Isabel Nellie Larnach-Nevill, daughter of Major Guy Larnach-Nevill (later 4th Marquess of Abergavenny).
• Background: Her father adopted the surname Larnach-Nevill in 1919 following the death of his father-in-law, James Walker Larnach.
• Social Status: At the time of publication in 1928, she was entering the social season, and her appearance as a frontispiece reflected her position in high society.
• Marriage: She first married Mark Vane Milbank on October 20, 1930; the marriage ended in divorce in 1933. She later married John Digby Thomas Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham.
• Children: With the 7th Earl of Cottenham, she had four children:
  • Lady Marye Isabel Pepys (1934–1958)
  • Lady Davina Rose Pepys (1940–1973)
  • Lady Gillian Angela Pepys (1941–2008)
  • Kenelm Charles Everard Digby Pepys, 8th Earl of Cottenham (1948–2000)

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.