(Joan) Pernel Strachey (1876-1951), College head and french scholar
Sitter in 22 portraits
College head and French scholar. The eighth of ten surviving children of Sir Richard and Jane Strachey; her brothers included the central Bloomsbury figure Lytton Strachey. Pernel specialised in French at Newnham College and returned as a lecturer, becoming director of studies in modern and medieval languages in 1907. As Principal of the College (1923-41) she encouraged equality for women and the entry of women into new fields of employment.
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Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) (sister)
Jane Simone ('Janie') Bussy (niece)
Elinor Rendel (née Strachey) (sister)
Elizabeth Rendel (niece)
Frances Elinor ('Ellie') Rendel (niece)
William Vincent Rendel (nephew)
Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern) (niece)
Christopher Strachey (nephew)
James Beaumont Strachey (brother)
Jane Maria (née Grant), Lady Strachey (mother)
Sir John Strachey (uncle)
John Strachey (nephew)
Julia Frances Strachey (niece)
(Giles) Lytton Strachey (brother)
Marjorie Strachey (sister)
Oliver Strachey (brother)
Philippa ('Pippa') Strachey (sister)
Ralph Strachey (brother)
Sir Richard Strachey (father)
Richard John Strachey (brother)
Richard Philip Farquhar Strachey (nephew)
Ursula Margaret Wentzel (née Strachey) (niece)
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