John Sapte

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ven. John Henry Sapte (1821–1906) was a Church of England cleric who was the Archdeacon of Surrey from 1888 his death on 4 June 1906.

Biography[]

Sapte was born on New Year's Eve 1821.[1] the 2nd son of Francis and Anna Sapte. He married Caroline,[2] daughter of the 1st Baron Gifford:[3] they had four sons and one daughter. 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][11]

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.[12]

Notes[]

  1. ^ ‘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
  2. ^ Byronic web site
  3. ^ Brief Biography
  4. ^ Cambridge Antiquarian Society portrait collection
  5. ^ ORDINATION AT OXFORD The Standard (London, England), Thursday, December 25, 1845; Issue 6679
  6. ^ Church Notes The Newcastle Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, April 29, 1881; Issue 10765
  7. ^ "A topographical history of Surrey" Brayley,E.W; Britton,J;Walford,E: London, Virtue & Son, 1878
  8. ^ Clerical appointments The Standard (London, England), Thursday, March 29, 1888; pg. 6; Issue 19880.
  9. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  10. ^ London Gazette
  11. ^ Archdeacon Sapte The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 06, 1906; pg. 5; Issue 38039
  12. ^ "School web site". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Surrey
1906–1908 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from ""