St Anne's Diocesan College is a private girls' boarding school situated in the small town of Hilton (Umgungundlovu District Municipality) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa.
History
St Anne's Diocesan College was founded by the Rt Revd William Macrorie, Bishop of Maritzburg and Miss Creswell in 1877 in the Manse Building in Pietermaritz Street in Pietermaritzburg. In 1878 the school was moved to the corner of Loop Street and Pine Street in Pietermartzburg. The move to its current location in the village of Hilton which lies above Pietermaritzburg happened in 1904.
In 1977 the tradition to wear white to the matric ball was started.
Previous lady wardens and headmasters/headmistresses
1877-1879 Miss Creswell (1st lady warden) 1879-1889 Miss Usherwood 1890-1903 Miss Marianne Browne 1903-1907 Miss Isabel Drury 1907-1917 Miss Frances Baines 1917-1941 Miss Dorothy L. Andrews 1942-1950 Miss Molliew Kate Stone 1950-1954 Miss Molly Woods 1954-1955 Miss Dorothy Beggs (Acting Warden) 1955-1963 Miss Dorothy McEune 1964-1968 Miss Joyce Carew 1969-1972 Miss Margaret E. Beer 1973-1974 Mrs Sheila Morgan 1975-1986 Mr Anthony Cheetham 1987-1997 Mr Bill McQuade 1998-2009 Mr David Wilkinson 2010-2020 Mr David Arguile 2021 - Mrs Debbie Martin
Boarding
There are six boarding houses: Andrews, Frances Baines, Macrorie, Marianne Browne, Mollie Stone and Usherwood.
Notable alumni Killie Campbell (1881 - 1965), collector of Africana Caro Feely, writer, wine educator, winemaker and organic activist Mary Stainbank, sculptor Candice Swanepoel, supermodel, Victoria's Secret Angel Fundi Sithebe, business executive
See also
List of boarding schools
Notes and references
External links