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.

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