Sylvia Compton nee Farquharson and Mary Compton Country Life Magazine Portrait March 2 1929

Sylvia Compton nee Farquharson and Mary Compton Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 2 1929. LXV No. 1676

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Mrs. Edward Compton with her young daughter Mary.

• Mrs. Edward Compton: Sylvia Compton (née Farquharson), the younger daughter of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Haldane Farquharson of Invercauld.
• Marriage: In 1918, she married Edward Robert Francis Compton, the eldest son of Lord Alwyne Compton and grandson of the 4th Marquess of Northampton.
• Mary Compton: Born May 1, 1919, she is depicted here as a young child. She later became Lady Mary Henderson after marrying the diplomat Sir Nicholas Henderson.
• Family: The couple had three children:
  • Mary Compton (1919–1989).
  • Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson (1919–2021): Mary’s twin brother, who became the 16th Chief of Clan Farquharson.
  • Robert Edward John ("Robin") Compton (1922–2009): Later inherited Newby Hall in North Yorkshire.
• Social Context: Portraits such as this, featuring mothers with their children, were a hallmark of Country Life, highlighting lineage, family continuity, and aristocratic connections.

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.