Queenwood_Ladies'_College

Queenwood Ladies' College

Queenwood Ladies' College

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50.768°N 0.287°E / 50.768; 0.287 Queenwood Ladies' College was a private school for girls, opened on a hill overlooking the sea in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.[1] It was opened in 1871 by a Mrs Lawrance, the mother of Miss Grace Lawrance, founder of Queenwood School for Girls, Sydney. At this time the town was just beginning a period of growth and prosperity and seeing the arrival of many other private schools, thanks to its reputation for health, enhanced by bracing air and sea breezes.[2] Dorothea Petrie Townshend Carew wrote a book about the school.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Queenwood Ladies' College

References

  1. [1]
    "History". About Queenwood. Queenwood School for Girls. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  2. [2]
    Petrie Carew, Dorothea (1967), Many Years Many Girls, Dublin: The Author


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