John Sapte

John Henry Sapte
Born	(1821-12-31)31 December 1821
Died	4 June 1906(1906-06-04) (aged 84)
Nationality	British
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 his death on 4 June 1906.[1]

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.
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.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Peter Atkinson	Archdeacon of Surrey 1888–1906	Succeeded by Frank Utterton