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| College name | Lady Margaret Hall | |||||||||||
| Named after | Lady Margaret Beaufort | |||||||||||
| Established | 1878 | |||||||||||
| Sister college | Newnham College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Principal | Dr Frances Lannon | |||||||||||
| JCR president | Genevieve Clark | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 424 | |||||||||||
| MCR president | Pedro Sousa, James Reeve | |||||||||||
| Graduates | 148 | |||||||||||
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  Location of Lady Margaret Hall within central OxfordCoordinates: 51°45′53″N 1°15′15″W / 51.76483°N 1.254036°W |
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Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m.[1]
Lady Margaret Hall accepts both undergraduate and graduate students.
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History
Lady Margaret Hall, the first women's college in Oxford, was founded in 1878 and opened its doors to its first nine students the following year. The college was named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, a medieval noblewoman and mother of King Henry VII, known for her exceptional learning and high birth. Its first principal was Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth and daughter of Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln. In 1979, along with most of the other women's colleges, LMH admitted men as well as women.
The College
Lady Margaret Hall is one of the few Oxford colleges on the River Cherwell and is known for its lovely gardens set in spacious grounds (about 12 acres (49,000 m2)). The college's original house, now known as Old Old Hall, is still in use. Just behind the main buildings, which are neo-Georgian in style, made from red brick with white trim, are a set of playing fields and tennis courts, as well as a manicured Fellows' Garden, hidden from view by tall hedgerows. Giles Gilbert Scott, famous for designing Liverpool Cathedral and the K2 red telephone box designed the college's Byzantine-style chapel.
In 2005, the architect firm John Simpson and Partners was selected to design a programme of significant developments to the college, and a new undergraduate building is due to open in late 2009.[2]
In Summer 2006 the College opened a new Law Library in the space underneath the current library, which was opened in December by Cherie Booth QC.
Members of the college refer to Lady Margaret Hall as LMH. Its colours are yellow, white and blue, and its motto is "Souvent me Souviens", an Old French phrase meaning "I remember often". The bell in the clock above the lodge rings hourly between 08:00 and 22:00.
Notable alumni
- James Allen, Formula One commentator
- Diana Athill, publisher's editor
- Gertrude Bell, writer and diplomat
- Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan
- Nicky Blair, son of former Prime Minister Tony Blair
- Elisabeth Blochmann, educationalist
- Katharine Mary Briggs, writer
- Caryl Churchill, playwright
- Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC Three
- Donal Coonan, presenter
- Lindsey Davis, novelist
- Antonia Fraser, writer
- Michael Gove, politician
- Alethea Hayter, author
- Stephen Hester, RBS CEO
- Baroness Hogg, journalist
- Philip Hollobone, politician
- Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children
- Bridget Kendall, BBC diplomatic correspondent
- Nigella Lawson, celebrity chef
- Ann Leslie, journalist
- Josie Long, comedian
- Elizabeth Longford, writer
- Eliza Manningham-Buller, former director general of MI5
- Sujata Manohar, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Lucasta Miller, writer and critic
- Barbara Mills, former Director of Public Prosecutions
- Priscilla Napier, author
- Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News journalist
- H. F. M. Prescott, historian
- Diana Quick, actress
- Johnny Rogan, author and broadcaster
- Matthew Taylor, politician
- Ann Trindade, historian
- Anna Walker, British civil servant
- Baroness Warnock, philosopher
- C. V. Wedgwood, historian
- Samuel West, actor
- Ann Widdecombe, politician
References
- ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated July 2007)
- ^ http://www.lmh-alumni.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=261
External links
- LMH Home Page – Official Site
- Lady Margaret Hall MCR Website
- Virtual Tour of Lady Margaret Hall
- Archive Photos of Lady Margaret Hall
See also
Former students of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
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