The Lady is one of Britain's longest-running women's magazines. It has been in continuous publication since 1885 and is based in London. It is particularly notable for its classified advertisements for domestic service and child care; it also has extensive listings of holiday properties.
First issue of The Lady, 19 February 1885
39-40 Bedford Street, in the Covent Garden area of central London, the headquarters of The Lady between 1885 and 2019
Thomas Gibson Bowles was a British politician and publisher. He founded the magazines The Lady and Vanity Fair, and became a Member of Parliament in 1892. He was also the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.
Portrait of Bowles by George Spencer Watson, 1901
"Tommy". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1889.