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Oxenfoord Castle School was a girls' private boarding school, based at 
The school was founded in 1931 and closed in 1993. It was founded by Lady Marjorie Dalrymple, sister of
Baroness Strange, Lords 'original' who championed war widows
The Independent, Retrieved 22 October 2014
Oxenfoord Castle School was a girls' private boarding school, based at Oxenfoord Castle
Oxenfoord Castle is a country house in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located north of Pathhead, Midlothian, and south-east of Dalkeith, above the Tyne Water. Originally a 16th-century tower house, the present castle is largely the result of m ...
, Pathhead, Midlothian
Pathhead village is a conservation area in Midlothian, Scotland.
Location
Pathhead is located around south east of Dalkeith and south of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. It lies above the east bank of the River Tyne. The name of the ...
, near Edinburgh in Scotland.
The school was founded in 1931 and closed in 1993. It was founded by Lady Marjorie Dalrymple, sister of John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair
John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (12 June 1848 – 2 December 1914), known as Viscount Dalrymple 1864-1903, was a British army officer and nobleman.
Family
Hamilton-Dalrymple was the son of John Hamilton Dalrymple ...
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Alumni
*Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw of Penrith
Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw (1 January 1917 – 5 December 2011) was the wife of William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, William "Willie" Whitelaw, MP, former Home Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister and aide to Margaret Thatcher.
Born as Cecilia D ...
* Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange
Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange (London, 17 December 1928 – Megginch Castle, 11 March 2005) was a cross bench hereditary peer in the House of Lords. She also wrote romantic novels and historical works.
Personal l ...
Dalyell, Tam (12 March 2005Baroness Strange, Lords 'original' who championed war widows
The Independent, Retrieved 22 October 2014
See also
* Blairmore School, closed in same year as Oxenfoord. *Cademuir International School
Cademuir International School was a specialist school at Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The school, founded by Robert Mulvey in 1990, was created to serve high ability learners and underachievers with high potential.
Latterly bas ...
* Rannoch School
Rannoch School was an independent boarding school, located on the south shore of Loch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the Dall Estate, from Kinloch Rannoch. Dall House served as the main school building and a boarding house.
It was ...
* St Margaret's School, Edinburgh
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