As the first school to give academic education for women, Queen's College is a one-of-a-kind school. When it was founded in 1848, this school has had a huge impact on the development of education for women. Its history alone is truly extraordinary.
F.D. Maurice, 1805-1872, was the founder of Queen's College, Harley Street. He proposed at the Hanover Rooms in London on 29 March 1848, to the opening of a College for Females.
Principals of Queen's College
editRevd R. Chenevix Trench
Revd. A. P. Stanley (1863-1872)
Revd. J. LLewelyn Davies (1873-1874)
Revd. E. Plumptre (1875-1879)
Revd. J. Llewelyn Davies (1879-1886)
Canon R. Elwyn (1886-1894)
Revd. C. J. Robinson (1895-1898)
Revd. T. W. Sharpe (1898-1903)
Canon G. C. Bell (1904-1910)
Sir Henry Craik (1911-1915)
Revd. J. F. Kendall (1915-1918)
Mr Joseph Edwards (1919-1931)
Miss G. E. Holloway (1932-1940)
Miss A. M. Kynaston (1940-1942)
Mrs S Fierz (1964-1983)
Mrs P. J. Fleming (1983-1990)
Lady Goodhart (1991-1999)
Miss Margaret Connell (1999- )