Hyde Abbey School
# Hyde Abbey School

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

The school was founded by the Reverend Reynell Cotton in around 1760. Cotton was succeeded as headmaster by his son-in-law, the Reverend Charles Richards.

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.
