Elizabeth Welsh (3 March 1843 – 13 February 1921) was a classicist and the second longest running[1] Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.
Welsh was educated first at home, then at various private schools and by the vicar of her parish, who taught her Latin and Greek.
After completing the Tripos in 1875, she taught at Manchester High School before returning to Girton in 1876 as a tutor in classics.
[4] Welsh became vice-mistress of Girton in 1880 after the Mistress, Marianne Bernard, devolved some of her responsibilities.
She died in Edinburgh on 13 February 1921, and was buried at the Girton Churchyard.