Queenwood Ladies' College

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.[3]

Notable former pupils

• Martita Hunt, actress
• Dorothea Petrie Townshend Carew, writer
• Nellie Kirkham, historian, artist and writer

References

1. "History". About Queenwood. Queenwood School for Girls. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
2. Petrie Carew, Dorothea (1967), Many Years Many Girls, Dublin: The Author
3. "Person Page". Main Page. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2019-10-11.