Jane Holloway née Driver was the inspiration for founding a women's college at Royal Holloway. Following her death, both Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway were founded in her memory by her husban
Figure 1: Statue of Thomas and Jane Holloway in South Quad at Royal Holloway
Figure 2: Grave of Jane and Thomas Holloway at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill
Holloway Sanatorium was an institution for the treatment of those suffering temporary mental illness, situated on 22 acres of aesthetically landscaped grounds near Virginia Water in Surrey, England, a
Jane Holloway
…Holloway née Driver (1 November 1814 – 26 September 1875) was the inspiration for founding a women's college at Royal Holloway. Following her death, both Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway were founded in her memory by her husband, Thomas Holloway. Jane Pearce Driver was born in 1814. Her father was a shipwright from…
Holloway Sanatorium, now Virginia Park, in 2006
Contemporary wood-engraving from a photograph by Elliott & Fry
Wood-engraving from the Illustrated London News, 5 January 1884
THE HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM, VIRGINIA WATER ... ... ... engravings from The Illustrated London News, June 20, 1885, 1. Entrance-hall for patients. 2. Turkish-bath rooms. 3. Chapel. 4. Recreation-hall. 5. Patients' villa. 6. Dr. Phillips' house. 7. One of the sitting-rooms.