Mrs Cary nee Joan Sylvia Southey Country Life Magazine Portrait October 16 1926

Mrs Cary nee Joan Sylvia Southey Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, October 16 1926. LX No. 1552

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Cary, whose marriage to the Master of Falkland, eldest son of Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, took place this week. Mrs. Cary is a daughter of Captain and Mrs. Charles Bonham Southey.

• The Hon. Mrs. Cary described in the text was Joan Sylvia Southey. She married Lucius Henry Charles Plantagenet Cary (the Master of Falkland, later the 14th Viscount Falkland) on October 14, 1926. Based on the text's mention that the marriage "took place this week," the clipping is likely from a publication issued in mid-October 1926.
• Parents: She was the daughter of Captain Charles Bonham Southey and his wife.
• Husband: Her husband, Lucius Cary, was the eldest son of the 13th Viscount and Viscountess Falkland.
• Children: The couple had two daughters: Hon. Elizabeth-Ann Bevil Cary (born 1927) and Hon. Jean Rosemary Vera Cary (born 1928).
• Later Life: Joan Sylvia and Lucius Cary divorced in 1933. She later became known as Viscountess Falkland and eventually Joan Sylvia Walker after a subsequent marriage to John Douglas Gaskell Walker
• Hon. Elizabeth-Ann Bevil Cary (born August 20, 1927 – died October 12, 2014):
  • She was the couple's eldest daughter.
  • On November 21, 1945, she married Sir William Vernon Hope Nelson, 3rd Baronet.
  • She had several children, including Sir Jamie Charles Vernon Hope Nelson and Sir Dominic William Michael Nelson.
• Hon. Jean Rosemary Vera Cary (born October 29, 1928 – died June 5, 2019):
  • On December 14, 1950, she married Captain Henry Herman Evelyn Montagu Winch.
  • She lived in Minffordd, Gwynedd, Wales, for part of her later life.
  • Like her mother and sister, she was a subject of portraits held by the National Portrait Gallery
• Note that while the 14th Viscount had a son, Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary (the 15th Viscount Falkland), he was from the Viscount's second marriage to Constance Mary Berry.

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.