Duchess of Beaufort, Mary Somerset Country Life Magazine Portrait September 1 1928

Duchess of Beaufort, Mary Somerset nee Lady Mary Cambridge Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, September 1 1928. LXIV No. 1650

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of the Duchess of Beaufort, elder daughter of the late Marquess of Cambridge, and wife of the Duke of Beaufort.

• Identity: Lady Mary Cambridge, later Duchess of Beaufort, daughter of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge and Lady Margaret Grosvenor.
• Royal Connection: She was the niece of Queen Mary, who is noted as having visited her at Badminton.
• Marriage: She married Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort on June 14, 1923.
• Name Change: In 1917, her family renounced German titles, changing her name from Princess Mary of Teck to Lady Mary Cambridge.
• Residence: The couple lived at Badminton House in Gloucestershire.
• Children: The marriage was childless, and the dukedom later passed to a distant relative.
• Legacy: She co-founded the Badminton Horse Trials in 1947 and remained active in the local community for many years.

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.