title: Hyde Abbey School
text: # 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.
  