Thomas Henry Sparshott

The Reverend Thomas Henry Sparshott
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
Spouses	Margaret McArthur ​ ​ (m. 1867; died 1885)​ Laura Lavinia Haynes ​ ​ (m. 1890; died 1939)​
Children	18, including Margaret Elwyn
Church	Anglicanism
Ordained	1867 (deacon) by Bishop of London 1871 (priest) by Bishop of Mauritius
Congregations served	1872: Buckenham St Nicholas 1876: Hexham Abbey Church 1876: Swafield St Nicholas 1877: Syderstone St Mary 1890: Elland St Mary 1911: Weybread St Andrew
Offices held	1867: missionary to East Africa 1873: missionary to Mombasa 1879: chaplain to George Cholmondeley 1881–1899: Church Association secretary 1892: chaplain to PMV Homes Addlestone
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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.

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.