Sheila Cary Country Life Magazine Portrait October 11 1930

The Hon. Sheila Cary Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, October 11 1930. LXVIII No. 1760

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of The Hon. Sheila Cary, published following the announcement of her engagement.

• Identity: Sheila Cary (1912–1976), the younger daughter of Lucius Plantagenet Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland, and Ella Louise Catford, Viscountess Falkland.
• Engagement: Her engagement to Mr. William Philip Neville Edwards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Neville Edwards of Orford, Littlehampton, had recently been announced.
• Marriage: The couple married on April 8, 1931.
• Family Background: As a member of the Falkland family, she was part of a long-established Scottish peerage. She was one of five children, and her elder sister, Rosemary Sylvia Cary, had married in 1928.
• Social Context: Engagement announcements such as this were a regular feature of Country Life, marking the social milestones of prominent aristocratic and society families.

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.