Lady Inverclyde nee Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury Country Life Magazine Portrait December 11 1926

Lady Inverclyde nee Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 11 1926. LX No. 1560

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Inverclyde nee Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sainsbury, whose marriage to Lord Inverclyde took place last month. Olivia Sylvia Sainsbury, who became Lady Inverclyde upon her marriage to John Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, in November 1926

• The Bride: Olivia (often called Olive) was the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sainsbury. Her father, Arthur Sainsbury, was a member of the family that founded the well-known British supermarket chain.
• The Groom: Lord Inverclyde was a Scots Guard and the son of James Cleland Burns, the 3rd Baron Inverclyde. His family had a prominent legacy in the shipping industry, particularly with the Cunard Steamship Company.
• The Wedding: Their marriage took place on November 23, 1926, at St Margaret’s, Westminster.
• The marriage was brief; the couple divorced in Scotland just two years later in 1928
• Olivia Sainsbury went on to marry James Pearce in December 1928.
• Lord Inverclyde famously remarried the actress June Tripp (known simply as "June") in 1929

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.