John Sapte
John Henry Sapte | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 December 1821 |
| Died | 4 June 1906 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Spouse |
Caroline Grifford
(m. 1848; died 1862) |
Ven. John Henry Sapte (1821–1906) was a Church of England cleric who was the Archdeacon of Surrey from 1888 until his death on 4 June 1906.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Sapte was born on New Year's Eve 1821.[2] the 2nd son of Francis and Anna Sapte. In 1848, he married Caroline Grifford,[3] daughter of the Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford. They had four sons and one daughter together. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge[4] and ordained in 1845.[5] After a short curacy at Cuddesdon he was Rector of Cranleigh, Surrey from 1846 until his death in June 1906. He was also an Honorary Canon of Winchester from 1871 to 1888; Proctor in Convocation (representative) for the clergy of the Surrey Archdeaconry from 1874 to 1888; and Rural Dean of Guildford from 1881[6] to 1888. Sapte was promoted to Archdeacon of Surrey from 1888 until his death on 4 June 1906.[7][8][9][10]
He was an impetus towards and witness to the foundation of a medium-size independent day and boarding school, Cranleigh School in south-west Surrey.[11]
Notes
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- ^ '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
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