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 – 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
- ^ "Some Selected Reports from the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. Richard Heaton. 1833. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Sir John Soane's Museum. "Soane Buildings (List of Projects)". Sir John Soane's Museum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ a b c 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. 14 (Winter 2008). Southampton Library Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Eardley-Wilmot, Sydney Marow (1898). Life of Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company. p. 3. ISBN 9781402151286. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Purchas, H.T. (1909). Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement. Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin: Whitcombe and Tombs. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Heidler, David Stephen; Heidler, Jeanne T. (1997). Encyclopedia of the War Of 1812. Annapolis: Naval Wood Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781591143628. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Harris, Charles Alexander. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 51. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Luard, Henry Richards. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 20. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Gorton, John (1833). General Biographical Dictionary. London: Whittaker & Co. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- ^ Maziere Brady, William (1863). Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (PDF). Vol. 2. Dublin: Alexander Thom. p. 528. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Burslem, Dora P.; Manning, Audrie D. (1973). An old colonial family, 1695–1900. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in Scotland
- ^ Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition
- ^ The Descendants of Count Jacob van Reenen By John George [1]
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