Miss Ironside's School
Miss Ironside's School (also called Miss Ironside's Day School and Miss Ironside's School For Girls) was a school at 2 Elvaston Place, in Kensington.[1] Notable alumnae included:[2][3]
- Jane Fawcett, a World War II codebreaker, singer, and preservationist[4][5]
- Rose Dugdale, a militant in the Irish republican organisation and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)[6]
- Nicolette Fame (née Nicolette Elaine Katherine Harrison), former wife of the 9th Marquis of Londonderry and subsequently of musician Georgie Fame
- Teresa Hayter, member of the International Marxists
- Sally Croker-Poole, married and divorced the Aga Khan IV
- Sarah Hogg (née Boyd-Carpenter), politician
- Jane Birkin, singer, actress, and inspiration behind the eponymous Hermès Birkin bag[7]
- Tracy Reed, English actress best known for being the only female character in Stanley Kubrick's apocalyptic movie Dr. Strangelove
- Jan Struther, author
- Shiela and Ellen-Craig Crosland, daughters of Susan Crosland, journalist, and step-daughters of Tony Crosland, Labour Education Minister who started the comprehensive school movement in the UK[8]
References
- Ironside, Virginia. Janey and Me. p. chapter 4.
- Ironside, Virginia (9 January 1995). "A funny little girl in socks and sandals". The Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- Wilson, Frances (8 October 2006). "This season, I shall mostly be coming out". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
Rose Dugdale, the highlight of Miss Ironside's school,
- "The deb who sank the Bismarck". The Economist. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
Miss Ironside’s School for Girls in Kensington
- Smith, Michael (8 January 2015). The Debs of Bletchley Park and Other Stories. Aurum Press Limited. ISBN 978-1-78131-389-3.
- Lindsay, Ivan (2 June 2014). The History of Loot and Stolen Art: from Antiquity until the Present Day. Andrews UK Limited. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-906509-57-6.
- Walsh, John (15 February 1997). "The French miss". The Independent. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- Crosland, Susan (14 February 2001). "Forget the school, it's the teaching that counts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
Both went to Miss Ironside's primary school in south Kensington
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