Hyde Abbey School

Hyde Abbey School was a British independent school in Winchester, Hampshire, UK.

The school was founded by the Reverend Charles Richards some time before 1783.^[1]

In 1795, Sir John Soane constructed a dedicated schoolroom for the school â€“ his only building in Winchester.^[2]

By 1847, the school had closed and its building was taken on a lease as the first Hampshire Museum.^[3]

Alumni

Alumni include:

• Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Commander of the Royal Navy Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean War^[4]
• Henry John Chitty Harper, former Primate of New Zealand^[5]
• Thomas Garnier, former Dean of Winchester^[3]
• George Canning, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[6]
• Henry Sewell, first Prime Minister of New Zealand^[7]
• Thomas Gaisford, former Dean of Christ Church^[8]
• Charles Wolfe, the Irish poet^[9]
• General Sir George Augustus Wetherall^[10]
• George Moberly, former Bishop of Salisbury and Headmaster of Winchester College^[3]
• Thomas Townsend, former Bishop of Meath ^[11]
• William Piercy Austin, former Bishop of Guyana^[12]
• Sir Anthony Oliphant, former Chief Justice of Ceylon.^[13][14][15]

References

1. "Some Selected Reports from the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. Richard Heaton. 1833. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
2. Sir John Soane's Museum. "Soane Buildings (List of Projects)". Sir John Soane's Museum. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
3. Preston, Richard (2008). "‘Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties’: the Audit House Library, Southampton, 1831–63 and Winchester Library & Museum, 1851–63" (PDF). Journal of the Southampton Local History Forum (Southampton Library Service) 14 (Winter 2008). Retrieved August 4, 2012.
4. Eardley-Wilmot, Sydney Marow (1898). Life of Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company. p. 3. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
5. Purchas, H.T. (1909). Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement. Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin: Whitcombe and Tombs. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
6. Heidler, David Stephen; Heidler, Jeanne T. (1997). Encyclopedia of the War Of 1812. Annapolis: Naval Wood Press. p. 80. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
7. Harris, Charles Alexander. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 51. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
8. Luard, Henry Richards. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 20. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
9. Gorton, John (1833). General Biographical Dictionary. London: Whittaker & Co. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
10. Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
11. Maziere Brady, William (1863). Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (PDF) 2. Dublin: Alexander Thom. p. 528. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
12. Burslem, Dora P.; Manning, Audrie D. (1973). An old colonial family, 1695–1900. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
13. Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in Scotland
14. Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition
15. The Descendants of Count Jacob van Reenen By John George