Thomas Henry Sparshott
British Anglican clergyman (1841–1927) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Henry Sparshott (31 December 1841 – 10 January 1927) was an English Anglican priest, also known as Rev Tom. He served as a missionary in East Africa and in Mombasa, Kenya, as curate and vicar to various English congregations, as chaplain to George Cholmondeley, 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley, and as chaplain to a home for the daughters of female prisoners. For eighteen years he was organising secretary of the Church Association.
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Born | (1841-12-31)31 December 1841 Farringdon, Hampshire, England |
Died | 10 January 1927(1927-01-10) (aged 85) Hastings, Sussex, England |
Burial place | St Andrew's churchyard, Hastings |
Other names | Rev Tom |
Education | Apprenticed as a cooper |
Alma mater | Church Missionary Society College, Islington |
Occupation | Priest |
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Children | 18, including Margaret Elwyn |
Church | Anglicanism |
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Sparshott was known as a "powerful evangelical" preacher. He was a vocal antagonist against the Oxford Movement, and gave lectures and wrote to newspapers on the subject. While serving as chaplain to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, he edited A Nika-English Dictionary, on the subject of a Mijikenda language, and a translation of the Gospel of Luke, in Swahili.