Thomas Fancourt

Thomas Fancourt (22 January 1840 – 1 February 1919) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon[1] of Wellington[2] from 1888 until his death.[3]

Fancourt was born in Malvern, Worcestershire in 1840.[4] He was educated at Lancing College and St Augustine's College, Canterbury and ordained in 1867.[5] After a curacy at Porirua he was the incumbent at St James, Lower Hutt then St John, Johnsonville[6] before his appointment as Archdeacon. He died at Wellington on 1 February 1919.

References

  1. ↑ St Luke, Wadestown
  2. ↑ "Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul" Blain,M p42: Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington (VUP), 2002 ISBN 086473428X
  3. ↑ ‘FANCOURT, Ven. Thomas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 21 Feb 2016
  4. ↑ Cyclopedia of New Zealand
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p477: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  6. ↑ Johnsonville Anglican


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