John Sapte

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.[1]

John Henry Sapte
Born(1821-12-31)31 December 1821
Died4 June 1906(1906-06-04) (aged 84)
NationalityBritish
OccupationCleric
Spouse
Caroline Grifford
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(m. 1848; died 1862)​

Biography

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
  1. "Archdeacon Sapte – Obituary". The Times. No. 38039. London, England. 6 June 1906. p. 5.
  2. '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
  3. "Lady Caroline Sapte [née Gifford]". www.lordbyron.org. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. "Photograph of Ven. John Henry Sapte, Emmanuel College, aged about 70, 1891". archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk. GBR/0265/UA/CAS H139. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. "Ordination At Oxford". The Standard. No. 6679. London, England. 25 December 1845.
  6. "Church Notes". The Newcastle Courant. No. 10765. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. 29 April 1881.
  7. Brayley, Edward Wedlake; Britton, John; Walford, E. (1878). A topographical history of Surrey. London: Virtue & Son.
  8. "Clerical Appointments". The Standard. No. 19880. London, England. 29 March 1888. p. 6.
  9. Phillips, John (1900). The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. "No. 27282". The London Gazette. 8 February 1901. p. 982.
  11. "History – Cubitt House". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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