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In 1899, shortly after graduating, Hayes-Robinson was appointed as the Vice-Principal of [[St Hugh’s College, Oxford|St.Hugh’s College, Oxford]].<ref name=StHb>{{Cite web|title= Chronicle 1929-1930 |date=1930 |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1929-1930_complete |access-date=26 September 2025 |publisher=St Hugh’s College Association of Senior Members |via=Issuu}}</ref> She was also college librarian for a term.<ref name=”St Hugh’s College Library”>{{cite web |title=St Hugh’s College Library 1886 – 2011 |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2011.06.07-Library-Timeline-reduced.pdf |website=St Hugh’s College. Oxford |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> Later that year, she moved to Royal Holloway to take up the position of Head of History.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bingham |first=Caroline |title=The History of Royal Holloway College, 1886-1986 |location=London |publisher=Constable |year=1987 |isbn=0-09-468200-3 |page=98 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofroyalho0000bing/page/98}}</ref> Hayes-Robinson has been identified as the original of Miss Adam, a character in [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]]’s first novel, ”Dolores” (1911).<ref name=”Rintoul2014″>{{cite book |last=Rintoul |first=M.C. |title=Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction |year=2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-11940-8 |page=779}}</ref> |
In 1899, shortly after graduating, Hayes-Robinson was appointed as the Vice-Principal of [[St Hugh’s College, Oxford|St.Hugh’s College, Oxford]].<ref name=StHb>{{Cite web|title= Chronicle 1929-1930 |date=1930 |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1929-1930_complete |access-date=26 September 2025 |publisher=St Hugh’s College Association of Senior Members |via=Issuu}}</ref> She was also college librarian for a term.<ref name=”St Hugh’s College Library”>{{cite web |title=St Hugh’s College Library 1886 – 2011 |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2011.06.07-Library-Timeline-reduced.pdf |website=St Hugh’s College. Oxford |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> Later that year, she moved to Royal Holloway to take up the position of Head of History.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bingham |first=Caroline |title=The History of Royal Holloway College, 1886-1986 |location=London |publisher=Constable |year=1987 |isbn=0-09-468200-3 |page=98 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofroyalho0000bing/page/98}}</ref> Hayes-Robinson has been identified as the original of Miss Adam, a character in [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]]’s first novel, ”Dolores” (1911).<ref name=”Rintoul2014″>{{cite book |last=Rintoul |first=M.C. |title=Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction |year=2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-11940-8 |page=779}}</ref> |
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In 1911, Hayes-Robinson was recruited as a tutor to [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]], Oxford by [[Emily Penrose]] and stayed until 1916.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Batson|first=Judy G.|title=Her Oxford|date=2008|publisher=Vanderbilt University Press|isbn=978-0-8265-9250-7|location=Nashville, Tenn.|oclc=435528503}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Yearbook of the Universities of the Empire |date=1931 |publisher=Universities Bureau of the British Empire |chapter=Mrs. Margaret Wade Leys |page=235–236}}</ref> |
In 1911, Hayes-Robinson was recruited as a tutor to [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]], Oxford by [[Emily Penrose]] and stayed until 1916.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Batson|first=Judy G.|title=Her Oxford|date=2008|publisher=Vanderbilt University Press|isbn=978-0-8265-9250-7|location=Nashville, Tenn.|oclc=435528503}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Yearbook of the Universities of the Empire |date=1931 |publisher=Universities Bureau of the British Empire |chapter=Mrs. Margaret Wade Leys |page=235–236}}</ref> |
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Notable tutees include [[Evelyn Procter]] and [[Vera Brittain|Vera Brittan]]. Brittan acknowledged Hayes-Robinson in her war diary, ”Chronicle of Youth”. |
Notable tutees include [[Evelyn Procter]] and [[Vera Brittain|Vera Brittan]]. Brittan acknowledged Hayes-Robinson in her war diary, ”Chronicle of Youth”. |
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British historian (1876–1930)
Margaret Hayes-Robinson (7 April 1876 – 1930) was a British historian and the head of Royal Holloway‘s History Department between 1899 and 1911.[1][2][3]
Margaret Hayes Robinson was born on 7 April 1876, to Reverend Richard Hayes Robinson of Bath, England. She later attended the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies’ College in Gloucestershire.
In 1898, Hayes-Robinson achieved a first class degree in Modern History at St Hilda’s Hall, Oxford,[4] which had been founded by the headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies’ College in 1893.[5] During her time at Oxford, she won the Margaret Evans History Prize in 1896.
In 1899, shortly after graduating, Hayes-Robinson was appointed as the Vice-Principal of St.Hugh’s College, Oxford.[6] She was also college librarian for a term.[7] Later that year, she moved to Royal Holloway to take up the position of Head of History.[8] Hayes-Robinson has been identified as the original of Miss Adam, a character in Ivy Compton-Burnett‘s first novel, Dolores (1911).[9]
In 1911, Hayes-Robinson was recruited as a tutor to Somerville College, Oxford by Emily Penrose and stayed until 1916.[10][11]
Notable tutees include Evelyn Procter and Vera Brittan. Brittan acknowledged Hayes-Robinson in her war diary, Chronicle of Youth.
After her time as a student, Hayes-Robinson became a founding member a society of other students of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She was the first ex-student to then sit on the council of the college.[12]
In 1916, Margaret Hayes-Robinson married Kenneth Leys, a fellow of University College, Oxford. They had one daughter.[13] During this time, Hayes-Robinson was working for the War Trade Department of the Board of Trade.
In 1930, Hayes-Robinson was hit by a car while cycling in Holywell Street, Oxford, and died soon after from her injuries.[6]
Hayes-Robinson Lecture
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Each year since 1992, a lecture series has been held in her honour and guest speakers have included notable historians Richard Overy, Peter Frankopan, Owlen Hufton and Linda Colley. The lecture series is part of the terms of a benefaction made to the department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London.
