Alumnae Queen's_College,_London

alumna, katherine mansfield

founded in 1891, old queen s society exists connect former pupils each other , school. first honorary secretary frideswide kekewich , first president, ellen howard.

known old queens, alumnae have included many notable women on school s history, including:

helen johnston (1849–52), first translator of bach st matthew passion german english
matilda ellen bishop (c.1858–60) first principal of royal holloway college (1887–1897)
gertrude bell (1884–86), archaeologist, cartologist, diplomat
katherine mansfield (1903–06), poet , author
sofka skipwith (princess sofka dolgorouk), russian émigré, communist, political prisoner, recipient of british hero of holocaust honour
diana barnato walker (1928–34), author , aviator
mary soames (1940), chairman, royal national theatre board , daughter of winston churchill
jacqueline du pré, cellist (1959)
jane somerville, cardiologist
anna wintour obe (1960–3), editor-in-chief, vogue magazine
jane asher, actress, entrepreneur, , philanthropist
hermione lee (1963–65), biographer , goldsmith professor of english literature, oxford
harriet cass, bbc announcer
daisy goodwin (1972–77), bbc television producer
emma freud (1973–80), broadcaster, member of prominent freud family
claudia rosencrantz (1975–79), journalist, controller of entertainment, itv, commissioner of wants millionaire?, x factor , m celebrity, me out of here!, director of programming, living tv, director of television, virgin media
susannah constantine (1978), journalist, television presenter , fashion guru
asma al-assad, first lady of syria
peaches geldof, writer, presenter , model
lucy woollatt (1978–83) executive director young vic theatre
amber rudd (1979–81), mp




^ queen s (london) | london – inner (london postal codes) | guide independent schools . schoolsguidebook.co.uk. retrieved 11 february 2011. 
^ former pupils archived 27 april 2012 @ wayback machine.