Thomas Henry Sprott, OBE"Birthday honours". The Times 3 June 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42116; col B (26 September 1856 – 25 July 1942) was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
Life Born on 26 September 1856 at Dromore, County Down, he was educated at Trinity College, DublinWho was Who 1987–1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 and ordained in 1879."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 Following curacies at Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull and St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road, he became Minister of St Barnabas', Mount Eden, Auckland in 1886.
From 1892 until 1911 Sprott was Vicar of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington when he was elevated to the episcopate as the 4th bishop of Wellington, a post he held for 25 years. Described as a "a profound divine who for years tried to fathom the deeps of modern reasoning", 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 Edith survived him and died in 1945, but his son (who was awarded the Military Cross in 1917) died on active service with the Norfolk Regiment in March 1918.
Legacy Sprott House, a residential home for the elderly in Wellington, New Zealand, is named for him.
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