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Miss Ironside's School For Girls
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. The journalist John Walsh, writing in ''The Daily Telegraph'', called it "legendary". 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 * Jane Birkin, singer and actor * 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 * Rose Dugdale, a militant in the Irish republican organisation and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) * Jane Fawcett, a World War II codebreaker, singer, and heritage preservationist * Teresa Hayter, writer and activist * Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, Baroness Hogg, Baroness Hailsham of Kettlethorpe (born 14 May 1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvaston Place
Elvaston Place is a street in South Kensington, London. Elvaston Place runs west to east from Gloucester Road to Queen's Gate. The Embassy of Gabon, London is at number 27. The High Commission of Mauritius, London is at number 32/33. The Embassy of Iraq, London has its consular section at number 3. History Much of the street, 1-20 and 32–46, was built by the property developer Charles Aldin in the early 1860s. 26-31 were built in 1866–68. Miss Ironside's School was located at number 2. Notable residents In 1868, John Crawfurd, Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author, died at his home in the street. From 1872 to his death in 1897, Liberal MP and Cabinet Minister Rt Hon A J Mundella lived at number 16. In 1882, William Bence Jones, Anglo-Irish agriculturist, died at his home in the street. In 1884, General Sir David Russell died at his home in the street. Until his death in 1894, General Sir Patrick MacDougall lived at number 22. In 1895, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Fawcett
Jane Fawcett MBE (née Hughes; 4 March 1921 – 21 May 2016) was a British codebreaker, singer, and heritage preservationist. She recently became known for her role in decoding a message, which led to the sinking of the German battleship ''Bismarck''. From 1963 to 1976 she served as the secretary of the Victorian Society. She wrote and edited works including ''The Future of the Past; Seven Victorian Architects; The Village in History'' and ''Save the City''. Early life Janet Carolin (or Caroline) Hughes was born on 4 March 1921. She was raised in London, attended Miss Ironside's School for Girls in Kensington, trained as a ballet dancer, and was admitted to the Royal Ballet School. As a young woman of 17, she was told she was "too tall" to be a professional dancer, and her promising ballet career ended. She was then sent to Zürich to learn German, shortly thereafter moving to the St Moritz ski resort. After six months, she was told by her parents to return home to "come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STABILITY
Stability may refer to: Mathematics *Stability theory, the study of the stability of solutions to differential equations and dynamical systems **Asymptotic stability **Linear stability **Lyapunov stability **Orbital stability **Structural stability *Stability (probability), a property of probability distributions *Stability (learning theory), a property of machine learning algorithms *Stability, a property of sorting algorithms *Numerical stability, a property of numerical algorithms which describes how errors in the input data propagate through the algorithm *Stability radius, a property of continuous polynomial functions *Stable theory, concerned with the notion of stability in model theory *Stability, a property of points in geometric invariant theory *K-Stability, a stability condition for algebraic varieties. *Bridgeland stability conditions, a class of stability conditions on elements of a triangulated category. * Stability (algebraic geometry) Engineering *In atmospheric flu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Struther
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Reed (English Actress)
Tracy Reed (born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier; 21 September 1942 – 2 May 2012) was an English actress. Early life and education Reed was the daughter of director Anthony Pelissier and actress Penelope Dudley-Ward;Anne Bergma"'Dr. Strangelove' and the Single Woman" ''Los Angeles Times'', 10 July 1994 she took the surname of her stepfather, Carol Reed, following her mother's remarriage in 1948. Reed was the granddaughter of actress Fay Compton and producer H. G. Pelissier, and of socialite Freda Dudley Ward and politician William Dudley Ward. Her great-uncle was novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. Actor Oliver Reed was a step-cousin. She attended Miss Ironside's School in Kensington. Career During a film-acting career that lasted from the early 1960s until 1975, she appeared in about 30 films, the TV series '' Man of the World'' (1962), and was at one point under consideration as a replacement for Diana Rigg in '' The Avengers''. In one episode of ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Ironside
Virginia Ironside (born 3 February 1944) is a British journalist, agony aunt and author. Born in London, she is the daughter of Christopher Ironside, painter and coin designer, and Janey Ironside who was the first professor of fashion design at the Royal College of Art. She was the niece of the painter and designer Robin Ironside. Education Ironside attended Miss Ironside's School in Kensington, where her great-aunt was headmistress. Career Ironside writes a column, "Dilemmas", for ''The Independent,'' an agony column for the ''Idler'', and a monthly column for ''The Oldie''. Her first book, ''Chelsea Bird'', was published when she was 19. During the 1960s she wrote a rock music column for the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper. She is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. Comments about abortion Ironside received attention after her appearance on BBC One's religious discussion programme, '' Sunday Morning Live'', in 2010. She stated "If a baby's going to be born se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham
Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, Baroness Hogg, Baroness Hailsham of Kettlethorpe (born 14 May 1946) is an English economist, journalist, and politician. She was the first woman to chair a FTSE 100 company. Biography She was born Sarah Elizabeth Mary Boyd-Carpenter, her father being John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter, a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster-General. She attended Miss Ironside's School in Kensington. She then went to the Roman Catholic girls' boarding school St Mary's School Ascot. Later she attended Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). While at Oxford University, she edited '' Cherwell'', the student newspaper. Through her 1968 marriage to Member of Parliament Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, she is Viscountess Hailsham. However, following the granting of a life peerage in 1995, she is Baroness Hogg in her own right. Career Journalism She was an economics editor fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Hayter
Teresa Hayter (born 1940) is a British author and activist. She is the author of three books: ''Aid as Imperialism'', ''The Creation of World Poverty'', and ''Open Borders: The Case Against Immigration Controls,'' as well as an early autobiography (penned at age 30) called ''Hayter of the Bourgeoisie.'' Background and early life Teresa Margaret Hayter was born on 2 April 1940, in Shanghai, China, the daughter of William Hayter (later Sir William and a diplomat representing the United Kingdom in the Soviet Union, who became Warden of New College, Oxford University), and his wife Iris Marie Grey. Hayter's first book (1971) was autobiographical and was entitled '' Hayter of the Bourgeoisie.'' Views Political views in the 1970s In an interview with ''The Sunday Times'' in 1972, Hayter admitted that ''Hayter of the Bourgeoisie'' had only been published because the publisher Lord Longford (of Sidgwick & Jackson) "is a mate of my father". Views on migration controls and refug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Dugdale
Bridget Rose Dugdale (born 1941), better known as Rose Dugdale, is a former debutante who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing, becoming a volunteer in the militant Irish republican organisation, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). As an PIRA member, she took part in the theft of paintings worth IR£8 million and a bomb attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station using a hijacked helicopter. Early life Dugdale was born into a wealthy English family. Her millionaire father was an underwriter at Lloyd's of London who owned a estate near Axminster in Devon. The family also owned a house in London near Chelsea Hospital,MacCarthy 2007, p. 254. and Dugdale was educated at the nearby Miss Ironside's School for Girls in Kensington, west London. She was a popular pupil, with fellow pupil Virginia Ironside stating: "Everyone adored this generous, clever and dashing millionaire's daughter, who was life and laughter". After completing her early education Dugdale w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, containing the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and John Hanning Speke, Speke's monument. South Kensington and Gloucester Road, London, Gloucester Road are home to Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Science Museum, London, Science Museum. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates. Name The Manorialism, manor of ''Chenesitone'' is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which in the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon language means "Chenesi's List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom, ton" (homestead/settlement). One early spelling is ''Kesyngton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comprehensive School
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria, usually academic performance. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced as state schools on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became more widespread from 1965. They may be part of a local education authority or be a self governing academy or part of a multi-academy trust. About 90% of English secondary school pupils attend a comprehensive school (academy schools, community schools, faith schools, foundation schools, free schools, studio schools, university technical colleges, state boarding schools, City Technology Colleges, etc). Specialist schools may also select up to 10% of their intake for aptitude in their specialism. A sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Crosland
Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 191819 February 1977) was a British Labour Party politician and author. A social democrat on the right wing of the Labour Party, he was a prominent socialist intellectual. His influential book ''The Future of Socialism'' (1956) argued against many Marxist notions and the traditional Labour Party doctrine that expanding public ownership was essential to make socialism work, arguing instead for prioritising the end of poverty and improving public services. He offered positive alternatives to both the right wing and left wing of the Labour Party. Having served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Gloucestershire from 1950 to 1955, Crosland returned to Parliament for Great Grimsby (1959–1977). During Harold Wilson's governments of 1964–1970 he served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1964), then Minister of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1965). Entering the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Education and Science (1965–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
