John Sapte
John Henry Sapte[1] was Archdeacon of Surrey[2] from 1888[3] to[4] his death on 4 June 1906.[5]
He was born on New Year's Eve 1821.[6] the 2nd son of Francis and Anna Sapte. He married Caroline,[7] daughter of the 1st Baron Gifford:[8] they had four sons and one daughter. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge[9] and ordained in 1845.[10] After a short curacy at Cuddesdon he was Rector of Cranleigh, Surrey from 1846 until his death on June 1906. He was also an Honorary Canon of Winchester from 1871 to 1888; Proctor in Convocation for the Clergy of the Surrey Archdeaconry from 1874 to 1888; and Rural Dean of Guildford from 1881[11] to 1888. He was also one of the driving forces behind the foundation of Cranleigh School.[12]
Notes
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ "A topographical history of Surrey" Brayley,E.W; Britton,J;Walford,E: London, Virtue & Son, 1878
- ^ Clerical appointments The Standard (London, England), Thursday, March 29, 1888; pg. 6; Issue 19880.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ Archdeacon Sapte The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 06, 1906; pg. 5; Issue 38039
- ^ ‘SAPTE, Ven. John Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Aug 2013
- ^ Byronic web site
- ^ Brief Biography
- ^ Cambridge Antiquarian Society portrait collection
- ^ ORDINATION AT OXFORD The Standard (London, England), Thursday, December 25, 1845; Issue 6679
- ^ Church Notes The Newcastle Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, April 29, 1881; Issue 10765
- ^ School web site
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