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] The journalist John Walsh, writing in The Daily Telegraph, called it "legendary".[2]
Notable alumnae included:
- Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Frances Croker Poole), former fashion model and an ex-wife of the IV Aga Khan Prince Karim Aga Khan[citation needed]
- Jane Birkin, singer and actor[2][3]
- Sheila 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[4]
- Rose Dugdale, a militant in the Irish republican organisation and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)[3][5]
- Jane Fawcett, a World War II codebreaker, singer, and heritage preservationist[6][7]
- Teresa Hayter, writer and activist[citation needed]
- Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham (née Boyd-Carpenter), economist, journalist, and politician[3]
- Virginia Ironside, journalist, agony aunt and writer, whose great-aunt was headmistress[3]
- Tracy Reed, actor[3]
- Jan Struther, writer[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Ironside, Virginia. Janey and Me. p. chapter 4.
- ^ a b Walsh, John (15 February 1997). "The French miss". The Independent. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Ironside, Virginia (9 January 1995). "A funny little girl in socks and sandals". The Independent. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ Wilson, Frances (8 October 2006). "This season, I shall mostly be coming out". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
Rose Dugdale, the highlight of Miss Ironside's school,
- ^ "The deb who sank the Bismarck". The Economist. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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.
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