Independent school in Winchester, Hampshire, UK
Hyde Abbey School was a British independent school in Winchester , Hampshire , UK .
The school was founded by the Reverend Reynell Cotton in 1760.[ 1] [ 2] Following his death in 1779, Cotton was succeeded as headmaster by his son-in-law, the Reverend Charles Richards .[ 2]
In 1795, Sir John Soane constructed a dedicated schoolroom for the school – his only building in Winchester.[ 3] By 1847, the school had closed and its building was taken on a lease as the first Hampshire Museum.[ 4]
Alumni
Alumni include:
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons , Commander of the Royal Navy Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean War [ 5]
Henry John Chitty Harper , former Primate of New Zealand [ 6]
Thomas Garnier , former Dean of Winchester [ 4]
George Canning , former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [ 7]
Henry Sewell , first Prime Minister of New Zealand [ 8]
Thomas Gaisford , former Dean of Christ Church [ 9]
Charles Wolfe , the Irish poet[ 10]
General Sir George Augustus Wetherall [ 11]
George Moberly , former Bishop of Salisbury and Headmaster of Winchester College [ 4]
Thomas Townsend , former Bishop of Meath [ 12]
William Piercy Austin , former Bishop of Guyana [ 13]
Sir Anthony Oliphant , former Chief Justice of Ceylon .[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
References
^ "Reynell Cotton's Cricket Song" (PDF) . The Horsham Society Newsletter . The Horsham Society. August 2009. p. 62. Retrieved 7 April 2021 .
^ a b Carpenter Turner, Barbara (1980). Winchester . Paul Cave Publications. p. 140. ISBN 0861460138 .
^ 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 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012 .
^ Eardley-Wilmot, Sydney Marow (1898). Life of Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons . London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company. p. 3. ISBN 9781402151286 . Retrieved 4 August 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 4 August 2012 .
^ Harris, Charles Alexander . "Sewell, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 51. p. 286.
^ Luard, Henry . "Gaisford, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 20. pp. 370– 372.
^ Gorton, John (1833). General Biographical Dictionary . London: Whittaker & Co. Retrieved 4 August 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 4 August 2012 .
^ Burslem, Dora P.; Manning, Audrie D. (1973). An old colonial family, 1695–1900 . Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012 .
^ Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in Scotland
^ Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition
^ The Descendants of Count Jacob van Reenen
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