Queenwood Ladies' College

Coordinates: 50°46′05″N 0°17′13″E / 50.768°N 0.287°E 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]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "History". About Queenwood. Queenwood School for Girls. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
  2. ↑ Petrie Carew, Dorothea (1967), Many Years Many Girls, Dublin: The Author