W. H. Savigny
Rev. William Henry Savigny MA was an Australian academic, born in England.
His elder son, also named William Henry Savigny was a longtime master at Sydney Grammar School.
History
Savigny was born in Upton, Worcestershire, the only son of William Henry Savigny, a Church of England vicar, and his wife Mary Anne Savigny, nḗe Cooksey. He graduated BA from Worcester College, Oxford, and for a while taught in England, then in India. At some stage he was Vice-principal of the Collegiate School, Sheffield.In 1853 Savigny and his mother arrived in New South Wales, where in December 1853 he founded a grammar school in Newcastle, also serving, without payment, as minister of Christ Church Cathedral to early 1855.
He moved his school to "Tempe", a mansion on Cooks River Road, Cooks River, which commenced on On 24 July 1855. In 1857–8 he helped the Misses Cooksey establish a school for girls in "Carthona", the historic home of Sir Thomas Mitchell.
He was succeeded at Cook's River in 1862 by Rev. William Scott, previously Government Astronomer.
He served as Warden at St Paul's (theological) College, and was in 1865 succeeded by Rev. Scott.
He founded a Collegiate School in Bathurst, New South Wales which commenced on 20 July 1865.
In 1872 he left for Launceston, Tasmania, where he succeeded the Rev. W. A. Brooke as head of the Church Grammar School.
He retired in 1885 and died at his home, "Carthona", 37 Lyttleton Street, Launceston.
Family
He married Ellen Solly at All Saints' District Church, Hunters Hill on 15 December 1859.- Ellen Mary Savigny
- Edith Hope Savigny on 7 January 1889 married John Singleton Clemons barrister with the Launceston firm of Douglas, Collins, and Davies.
- William Henry Savigny cricketer and master at Sydney Grammar School
- John Horatio Savigny was a famous cricketer. He married Emily Henry, daughter of John Henry, in 1891.