List of people educated at Queen's College, London
This article lists notable alumnae of Queen's College, London, an independent girls' school, the first to award academic qualifications to women in Great Britain, and the first to receive a Royal Charter for that purpose.
Nineteenth Century
- Dorothea Beale (1848–1855), founder of Cheltenham Ladies' College & St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Sophia Beale, English artist and author
- Gertrude Bell (1884-1886), archaeologist, cartologist, and diplomat
- Matilda Ellen Bishop (C.1858-1860), first Principal of Royal Holloway College
- Emily Bovell, doctor, one of the 'Edinburgh Seven', and later wife of William Allen Sturge [1]
- Frances Mary Buss (1848), founder of North London Collegiate School
- Frances Dove (1860-2), founder of Wycombe Abbey and headmistress of St Leonard's School and St Andrews
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman to qualify as a doctor of medicine in Britain
- Beatrice Harraden, writer and suffragette [1]
- Octavia Hill, social reformer, co-founder of the National Trust, coined the term 'Green Belt'
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1858–61), co-founder of the London School of Medicine for Women
- Adelaide Anne Procter, poet and philanthropist [1]
- Mary Catherine Rowsell (1839 – 1921), novelist, children's author and dramatist.[2]
- Mary Gleed Tuttiett, the novelist "Maxwell Gray" [1]
- Frances Julia Wedgwood, feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic [1]
Twentieth Century
- Lesley Abdela MBE (1962), writer, author and broadcaster
- Evelyn Abelson, artist
- Emma Anderson (1982-3), recording artist
- Peggy Appiah MBE, children's author and philanthropist
- Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
- Miki Berenyi (1980-5), recording artist
- Tania Bryer (1973–80), broadcaster
- Harriet Cass (1962–70), broadcaster
- Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, sister of John F. Kennedy
- Susannah Constantine (1978), journalist, television presenter and fashion guru
- Cicely Courtneidge (1905-6), actress
- Eleanor Davies-Colley, first female elected to the Royal College of Surgeons
- Emma Freud (1973–80), broadcaster
- Penelope Gilliatt (1942-7), journalist and writer
- Catherine Goodman (1972-9), painter, Artistic Director of The Prince's Drawing School
- Daisy Goodwin (1972-7), BBC television producer
- Rosalie Glynn Grylls, biographer, lecturer and Liberal Party politician
- Sally Ann Howes (1937-8), actress
- Kathryn Hunter (1968–75), actress, winner of the Olivier award, 1990
- Dame Rosalinde Hurley DBE (1948–50), Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1975–95)
- Tamara Ingram (1972-9), CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi
- Jameela Jamil, television presenter
- Edith Lawrence, artist
- Caroline Lee-Johnson (1980-2), actress
- Professor Hermione Lee (1963-5), biographer and Goldsmith Professor of English Literature, Oxford, President, Wolfson College, Oxford
- Imogen Lloyd Webber (1988–1995), author
- Anthea McIntyre (1968–1973), Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands[3]
- Katherine Mansfield (1903-6), author
- Professor Albinia de la Mare OBE (1947–56), Professor of Palaeography, King's College, London
- Unity Mitford, fascist and friend of Adolf Hitler
- Deborah Moggach (1959–62), writer and novelist
- Margaret Morris (1972-4), Dancer
- Christina Onassis (1967-8), shipping magnate and daughter of Aristotle Onassis
- Dame Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen (1977), fashion designer and writer
- Dame Griselda Pollock (1964-6), art historian
- Jacqueline du Pré (1959), cellist
- Claudia Rosencrantz (1975-9), journalist, Controller of Entertainment, ITV, Commissioner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, X Factor and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, amongst others, Director of Programming, Living TV, Director of Television, Virgin Media
- Anne Said (1925–30), artist
- Gillian Sheen (1945-7), Olympic fencing gold medallist
- Sofka Skipwith (Princess Sofka Dolgorouky), Russian émigré, Communist, political prisoner, recipient of British Hero of the Holocaust honour
- Emma Soames (1965-7), journalist and granddaughter of Winston Churchill
- Lady Soames Mary Churchill (1940), Chairman, Royal National Theatre Board and daughter of Winston Churchill
- Barbara Thompson (musician) MBE (1955–62), musician
- Felicity Tree
- Kathleen Tynan (1951-5), journalist
- Diana Barnato Walker (1928–34), author and aviator
- Vanessa Walters (1988–1995), author
- Sophie Ward (1976–83), actress
- Rebecca Wilcox (1992–1999), television presenter
- Suzannah Walker Wise (1983–89), actress
- Anna Wintour OBE (1960-3), editor-in-chief, American Vogue (magazine)
Twenty-First Century
- Peaches Geldof, television personality
- Jameela Jamil, television personality
See also
References
- Grylls, Rosalie Glynn, Queen's College, 1848-1948: Founded by Frederick Denison Maurice, G. Routledge, 1948
- A. & C. Black Ltd. (1967). "Rowsell, Mary Catherine". Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Period 1916-1928. Volume II: 1916-1928 (4th ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 914. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ‘McINTYRE, Anthea Elizabeth Joy’, in Who's Who 2013 (London: A. & C. Black, 2013)
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