Thomas Henry Sprott,[1] OBE[2] (26 September 1856 – 25 July 1942) was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
Born on 26 September 1856 at Dromore, County Down,[3] he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[4] and ordained in 1879.
[5] Following curacies at Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull[6] and St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road,[7] he became Minister of St Barnabas', Mount Eden, Auckland[8] in 1886.
[10] Described as a "a profound divine who for years tried to fathom the deeps of modern reasoning",[11] he died on 25 July 1942.
[15] Sprott House, a residential home for the elderly in Wellington, New Zealand, is named for him.