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in 1914. It is the third oldest women's college in India. She was born in Marple, Cheshire, the daughter of Rev. Edward Oldridge de la Hey and Esther Phoebe Hodgson.''1891 England Census'' She was 30 years old when she came to Madras to visit her brother, Clement de la Hey, Vice Principal of Newington College in Madras. She became the head of the college after consultation with then Governor of Madras Presidency Lord Pentland. It was called Madras College for Women, and was later renamed Queen Mary's College in 1917. Dorothy de la Hey had earned a master's degree in history from Oxford and did teacher training in St. Mary's College, Paddington. She was the principal until 1936, when she retired, and also taught in the college. She died in

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, Gloucestershire, aged 97.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De la Hey, Dorothy 1884 births 1981 deaths Founders of Indian schools and colleges British people in colonial India 20th-century English women educators 20th-century English educators People from Marple, Greater Manchester