Lady Hillingdon nee Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan Country Life Magazine Portrait March 14 1925

Lady Hillingdon nee Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 14 1925. LVII No. 1471

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Hillingdon, who is the second daughter of the late Viscount Chelsea and of the Hon. Lady Meux. Lady Hillingdon was married in 1916, and has a son and three daughters.

• Marriage: She married Arthur Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon in 1916.
• Children: The couple had five children—two sons and three daughters:
  • Hon. Penelope Ann Mills (born May 30, 1917): The eldest daughter.
  • Hon. Ursula Sibyl Mills (born June 5, 1918): Her second daughter.
  • Charles Hedworth Mills (1922–1978): Later became the 4th Baron Hillingdon, succeeding his father in 1952.
  • Hon. Marygold Mills (born October 19, 1924): Her third daughter.
  • Hon. James Herbert Mills (1931–1949): The youngest son, who died tragically at the age of 18.
• Family Context: At the time of the 1925 Country Life feature, four children had been born—one son and three daughters—with the youngest son arriving later in 1931.
• Succession: Their eldest son, Charles Hedworth Mills, became the 4th Baron Hillingdon. He was later succeeded by a cousin in 1978, after which the title became extinct in 1982.

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.