Peter Hutchinson

1810 (age 87)

Winchester, United Kingdom

Hutchinson was a polymath whose interests ranged from politics to the preservation of telephone poles. He was also an amateur musician (flute and French horn) as a well as a stonecarver. In his capacity as a stonecarver, he helped to save and restore the Old Chancel in Sidmouth. He was on the Committee for the restoration of the parish church in 1860, but felt that not enough of the original building was being preserved, so he bought and re-erected the chancel in his own garden, later attaching it to his house. He was also a great-grandson of Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson of Boston Tea Party fame. In 1837-1838 he visited the United States and Canada, where he made over a hundred sketches. In 1880, he helped organize and publish his great-grandfather"s papers.

Peter Hutchinson

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Background

He was born in Winchester, but spent all his adult life in Sidmouth, Devon.

Career

Hutchinson was a polymath whose interests ranged from politics to the preservation of telephone poles. He was also an amateur musician (flute and French horn) as a well as a stonecarver. In his capacity as a stonecarver, he helped to save and restore the Old Chancel in Sidmouth.

He was on the Committee for the restoration of the parish church in 1860, but felt that not enough of the original building was being preserved, so he bought and re-erected the chancel in his own garden, later attaching it to his house.

He was also a great-grandson of Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson of Boston Tea Party fame. In 1837-1838 he visited the United States and Canada, where he made over a hundred sketches.

In 1880, he helped organize and publish his great-grandfather"s papers.

Achievements

His major achievement, however, was a series of diaries and sketchbooks, containing observations on the geology, archaeology, botany and other items of interest relating to East Devon.

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