Sheila (née Berry), Countess of Birkenhead
(1913-1992), Author; wife of 2nd Earl of Birkenhead; daughter of 1st Viscount CamroseSitter in 1 portrait
Sheila Berry, daughter of the newspaper proprietor 1st Viscount Camrose, married the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead in 1935. They were a distinguished literary couple: she was a key figure in the Royal Society of Literature and the Keats-Shelley Association as well as a biographer of 19th century literary and artistic life. Also a courtier, she was lady-in-waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
Sheila (née Berry), Countess of Birkenhead
by Hay Wrightson
bromide print, 1931
NPG x138987
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