Lady Burghley Country Life Magazine Portrait January 19 1929

Lady Burghley, nee Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, January 19 1929. LXV No. 1670

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Burghley, published shortly after her marriage.

• Identity: Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (1904–1984), the fourth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch.
• Marriage: She married Lord Burghley (David Cecil), elder son of the Marquess and Marchioness of Exeter, on January 10, 1929.
• Lord Burghley: A distinguished athlete who won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, and later became the 6th Marquess of Exeter.
• Family: The couple had four children:
  • Lady Davina Mary Cecil (1931–2018): Later the wife of the 11th Baron Barnard.
  • John William Edward Cecil (1933–1934): Died in infancy.
  • Lady Gillian Moyra Katherine Cecil (1935–2022).
  • Lady Angela Mary Rose Cecil (born 1938).
• Social Context: Their marriage brought together two prominent aristocratic families and was widely noted in society, combining sporting fame with noble lineage.

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.