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Hyde Abbey School

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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.

In 1795, Sir John Soane constructed a dedicated schoolroom for the school – his only building in Winchester.

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

Alumni

Alumni include:

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

    • References

    Hyde Abbey School Wikipedia
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