Lady Margaret Scott Country Life Magazine Portrait February 13 1926

Lady Margaret Scott Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 13 1926. LIX No. 1519

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Margaret Scott, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose marriage was to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, to Lieut.-Commander Geoffrey Hawkins, M.V.O., D.S.C., eldest son of Captain and Mrs Montgomery Hawkins and Naval A.D.C. to the Earl of Athlone.

Lady Margaret Scott (1893–1976), known as “Mida” to her family, was the eldest daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Her sister, Lady Alice, later became Duchess of Gloucester through her marriage to Prince Henry, son of King George V.

• The Groom: Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins was a Royal Navy officer who later rose to the rank of Admiral. At the time of the wedding, he served as Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of South Africa.
• The Wedding: The ceremony took place on February 16, 1926, at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, as Lady Margaret was serving as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
• Family: Lady Margaret Scott and Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hawkins had three children:
  • Alice Anne Hawkins (1928–2016), later Dame Alice Anne Wall, who served in the Royal Household
  • Renira Margaret Ida Hawkins (born 1930), who married historian Sir Alistair Horne
  • James Walter Hawkins (1933–2021)
• Later Life: The family resided for many years at Old Manor House in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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.