Thomas Fancourt Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.slw.org.nz/virtual_tour.shtml St Luke, Wadestown
2. "Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul" Blain, M p42: Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington (VUP), 2002
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. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d22-d4.html Cyclopedia of New Zealand
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. https://johnsonvilleanglicans.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/landmark-of-faith-johnsonville-anglican-church.pdf Johnsonville Anglican