(Joan) Pernel Strachey
(1876-1951), College head and french scholarSitter in 27 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.
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1878
NPG x13149
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen print, circa 1878
NPG Ax160922
by Thomas Fall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1879
NPG x13150
by Thomas Fall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1879
NPG x13151
by Thomas Fall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1879
NPG x13152
by Thomas Fall
albumen print, 1885
NPG x13110
by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
NPG x32166
by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
NPG x13119
Sir Richard Strachey and daughters
by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
NPG x13118
by Graystone Bird
albumen print, circa 1893
NPG x13111
(Joan) Pernel Strachey; Richard John Strachey
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, circa 1893
NPG x13166
by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
NPG x13122
by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
NPG x13121
Marie Claire Souvestre; (Joan) Pernel Strachey; Jane Maria (née Grant), Lady Strachey
by Unknown photographer
sepia glossy print on card mount, 5 November 1899
NPG x13128
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1899
NPG x38568
(Joan) Pernel Strachey; Lytton Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1901-1902
NPG x13084
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1920
NPG x13083
Janie Bussy; (Joan) Pernel Strachey; Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey)
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
NPG Ax160929
Philippa Strachey; Joan Pernel Strachey
by Ray Strachey
film negative, 1921
NPG x88546
Christopher Strachey; Pippa Strachey; (Joan) Pernel Strachey; and 2 other children
by Ray Strachey
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inch negative, 1921
NPG x88551
Related People
- 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)
- Olivia Strachey (sister)
- 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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