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Cecilia Lunn taught Music at Downe House for forty years. More...
Jenny first arrived at Downe in 1943 during the war. She recalled having the freedom to explore and the wonderful teaching of English which led her to… More...
We were greatly saddened to learn of the death of Suzanne Farr in the summer of 2024. More...
Laetitia loved everything about Downe, the freedom, the space, the sport, the fun and friends. Above all Miss Willis whom she deemed to be an outstand… More...
“There can hardly be a better example of this indomitable spirit than your own magnificent efforts in raising money for vital charities.” King Charles More...
The Story of the Oxford English graduate and her work at Bletchley Park More...
Diana Fawkes passed away peacefully in 2017 aged 103. Diana was principled, practical, logical, determined; these are more appropriate epithets, as an… More...
Venetia Phair died aged 90 in 2009. In 1930, as an 11-year-old schoolgirl not yet at Downe, she proposed a newly discovered planet be named Pluto. More...
A memorial to Margaret ‘Peggy’ Warrand Connal More...
