Lady Chamberlain nee Ivy Muriel Dundas Country Life Magazine Portrait December 12 1925

Lady Chamberlain nee Ivy Muriel Dundas Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 12 1925. LVIII No. 1510

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Chamberlain, whose appointment to be Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire was announced on December 1st, when her husband, Sir Austen Chamberlain, received the honour of Knighthood of the Garter. Lady Chamberlain is a daughter of the late Colonel Henry Lawrence Dundas, East Yorkshire Regiment, was married in 1906, and has two sons and a daughter.

• Lady Chamberlain (née Ivy Muriel Dundas): She was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE). This was a rare distinction for a woman at the time, awarded for her "diplomatic" work in creating a social atmosphere that helped secure the peace treaties.
• Sir Austen Chamberlain: He was knighted as a Knight of the Garter (KG) and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts as Foreign Secretary
• Marriage: They were married in 1906.
• Family: She was the daughter of Colonel Henry Lawrence Dundas and had two sons (Joseph and Lawrence) and one daughter (Diane).
• Context: Sir Austen Chamberlain was the half-brother of the future Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain
• Lady Ivy Muriel Chamberlain and Sir Austen Chamberlain had three children
• Joseph Chamberlain (born 1907)
• Beatrice Diana Dundas Chamberlain (born 1912)
• Lawrence Endicott Dundas Chamberlain (born 1917)

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.