the pupils are placed in houses. The houses at Wycombe Abbey are: Airlie, Barry, Butler, Campbell, Cloister, Pitt, Rubens, Shelburne and Wendover. Girls in UVI live in Clarence, while the junior-most girls, UIIIs, live in Junior House. Every house at Wycombe Abbey is linked to a colour and, as part of the school uniform, girls wear ties which correspond to their House colour i.e., sky blue – Barry, green – Cloister, brown – Airlie, pink – Rubens, yellow – Pitt, orange – Butler, purple – Campbell, dark blue – Shelburne, red – Wendover, lavender – Junior. Each girl has her own 'House Mother', a girl in the year above in the same house who looks after her, particularly when new to the school. Each house has a housemistress and matrons. Notable alumnae (Wycombe Abbey Seniors) Rosie Alison, producer and writer Eve Best, actress Elsie Bowerman, suffragette, Titanic survivor and lawyer Kate Brooke, screenwriter Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, British judge, Deputy Coroner of the Queen's Household Sue Carr, Lady Justice of Appeal Judith Chaplin, Member of Parliament (1992) Lorraine Copeland, archaeologist Gabrielle Drake, actress Penelope Fitzgerald, novelist and biographer Jackie Forster, actress, TV personality, feminist and lesbian campaigner Elizabeth Haysom, orchestrated the double murder of her parents Molly Hide, English cricketer Lady Patricia Ann Hopkins, architect Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote India Knight, journalist Dorothy Lamb, archaeologist Beverley Lang, Justice of the High Court Fiona MacCarthy, biographer and cultural historian Diana Magnay, journalist Charlotte Moore, BBC's Director of Content Florence Nagle, trainer and breeder of racehorses, breeder of pedigree dogs, feminist Melanie Nakhla, soprano 2 in classical crossover group All Angels Winifred Peck (née Knox), English author Sally Phillips, actress Joan Riviere, psychoanalyst Merryn Somerset Webb, editor in chief of MoneyWeek Sarah Springman, CBE FREng, engineer and sportswoman, rector of ETH Zurich Polly Stenham, playwright Rachael Stirling, actress Lady "Red Jessie" Street, Australian suffragette, social reformer and founding United Nations envoy Florence Temko, origami pioneer and author Mary Wakefield, journalist Sonya Walger, actress Lady Charlotte Wellesley, socialite and producer Kathy Wilkes, philosopher Lady Nicholas Windsor, wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor Clarissa Ward, chief international correspondent for CNN Notable staff Margaret Boyd, physical education teacher. Mary Cartwright Gustav Holst Annie Whitelaw, Head from 1910 to 1925 Elsie Bowerman, governor and school historian References Further reading Elsie Bowerman Stands there a School – Memories of Dame Frances Dove, D.B.E., Founder of Wycombe Abbey