Thomas Sprott (bishop)

Born on 26 September 1856 at Dromore, County Down,{{cite web|last=McCaul |first=John H |url=http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=3S31 |title=DNZB |publisher=DNZB |accessdate=12 January 2012}} he was educated at Trinity College, DublinWho was Who 1987–1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} and ordained in 1879."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 Following curacies at Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull{{cite web |url=http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/dservea/advancedsearch/dserve.exe?dsqServer=defiant&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=zPE158/2 |title=Hull Holy Trinity parish records |publisher=Eastriding.gov.uk |accessdate=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220003602/http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/dservea/advancedsearch/dserve.exe?dsqServer=defiant&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=zPE158%2F2 |archivedate=20 February 2012}} and St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road,{{cite web|author=United Kingdom |url=http://www.london-se1.co.uk/places/st-johns-waterloo |title=Church details |publisher=London-se1.co.uk |accessdate=12 January 2012}} he became Minister of St Barnabas', Mount Eden, Auckland{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/places/walkways/mteden/neighbourhood.asp |title=Brief details |publisher=Aucklandcity.govt.nz |accessdate=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124114639/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/places/walkways/mteden/neighbourhood.asp |archivedate=24 November 2011}} in 1886.

From 1892 until 1911 Sprott was Vicar of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington{{cite web|author=The Rev. Thomas Henry Sprott |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d22-d7.html |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wellington Provincial District) |publisher=Nzetc.org |accessdate=12 January 2012}} when he was elevated to the episcopate as the 4th bishop of Wellington, a post he held for 25 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbarnard.karoo.net/Times%20Index%201928-45.pdf |title=Hull Times Index 1928–45|accessdate=12 January 2012}} Described as a "a profound divine who for years tried to fathom the deeps of modern reasoning",{{cite web |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZTR19290711.2.32.7&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all |title=Past Papers NZ Truth |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=11 July 1929 |accessdate=12 January 2012}} he died on 25 July 1942."Obituary The Rt Rev T.H. Sprott". The Times 27 July 1942; pg. 6; Issue 49298; col E His wife{{cite web |url= http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xslt&pm_RC=REPO02DB&pm_OI=30012&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0&Object_Layout=about_object |title=Photo of spouse |publisher=Timeframes.natlib.govt.nz |date=28 February 2011 |accessdate=12 January 2012}} Edith survived him and died in 1945, but his son (who was awarded the Military Cross in 1917){{cite web |url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/awn01nov1917.html |title=Auckland Weekly News 1 November 1917 |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |date=1 November 1917 |accessdate=12 January 2012}} died on active service with the Norfolk Regiment in March 1918.{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/QUEGS%20War%20memorial.html |title=Wakefield Family History Sharing |publisher=Wakefieldfhs.org.uk |accessdate=12 January 2012}}

Sprott House, a residential home for the elderly in Wellington, New Zealand, is named for him.

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• [http://www.sprott-house.co.nz/retirement-village-wellington/history-sprott-family.php Thomas Henry & Edith Sprott]

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Category:1856 births

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