Queenwood Ladies' College
50°46′05″N 0°17′13″E / 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
- Bryher (novelist)
- Martita Hunt, actress
- Dorothea Petrie Townshend Carew, writer
- Nellie Kirkham, historian, artist and writer
- Minoo Moshiri, translator, writer
- Dorothy Pilley Richards, alpinist
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