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.
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.
