The vicarage at Berry Head House (an hotel since 1936), had been built as a military hospital during the Napoleonic Wars. The Reverend Lyte used the east wing to accommodate private pupils as he supplemented his income by teaching. Amongst his pupils was Viscount Cranbourne, the eldest son of three times Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Lyte made no charge however, for teaching illiterate local fishing families to read and write.

Written by Mike Holgate

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