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'''Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick''' (died 1866) was, along with [[Robert Clark (missionary)|Robert Clark]], one of the first two [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Church Missionary Society]] (CMS) missionaries to the [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Anderson |first= Gerald H. |title= Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA136 |year= 1999|quote=Robert Clark and Thomas Fitzpatrick were the first CMS missionaries in the Punjab |page= 136 |isbn = 9780802846808}}</ref><ref name="bar">{{cite web |url= http://bartonhistory.wikispaces.com/Rev.+Thomas+Henry+Fitzpatrick+(d.1866) |title= Rev. Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick (d.1866) |quote= "Robert Clark, our first missionary to the Punjab, who had gone out to India with T.H. Fitzpatrick in 1852 had just come home on his first furlough."|publisher= bartonhistory.wikispaces.com |accessdate= 22 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Biography==
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He was educated in [[Law]] at [[Gray's Inn]], but was converted to [[Christ]] when about to be called to the bar. He took a theological degree from [[Trinity College, Dublin]], and became [[Curate]] at [[Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham]]. When the Punjab was opened for CMS Mission activities, he was sent as CMS missionary with Robert Clark to begin a mission in Punjab.<ref name="bar"/>

He married Anna Longridge Gooch, first wife, on 14 April 1851. On 1 July 1851, he sailed along with his wife and Robert Clark to [[India]], and reached [[Kolkata]](present [[Calcutta]]) on 13 October 1851. They moved from Calcutta to Punjab and were involved in missionary activities, including printing dictionaries, grammars, and starting schools. A first CMS mission station was founded in [[Amritsar]] in 1952—the foundation-stone of a church was laid on 24 May 1952.<ref name="bar"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://nearly-midnight.blogspot.in/p/robert-clark-biography.html |title= ROBERT CLARK OF THE PANJAB (pub. 1907) |quote= Mr. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick sailed on 1st July. Before doing so, they visited Robert Clark's home, and took part in very interesting farewell meetings in Lincoln and Harmston. |publisher= nearly-midnight.blogspot.in |accessdate= 21 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="ind">{{cite web |url=http://www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles201104.html |title= BLIND & SIGHTED PIONEER TEACHERS IN 19TH CENTURY CHINA & INDIA (revised editinon) |quote= Mrs Fitzpatrick (née Anna Longridge Gooch) married the Rev. Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick in April 1852, and died in 1863. |publisher= independentliving.org |accessdate= 22 April 2012 }}</ref>

He shuttled between Punjab, [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], and [[Peshawar]] as part of CMS missionary activities; he transferred himself to Multan station and later to Lahore in 1856. His first wife Anna Longridge Gooch, having suffered from severe health problems, was compelled to return home in 1861. She died on 18 February 1863.<ref name="ind"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ampltd.co.uk/collections_az/cms-6-06/highlights.aspx |title= Rev Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick (Amritsar, Multan and Peshawar, 1851-1864). |publisher= ampltd.co.uk |accessdate= 22 April 2012 }}</ref>

Fitzpatrick returned to Punjab in the end of the year 1863; he was compelled to return England with prostrating illness in 1864. While in England, he served as Curate for a few months at St Mary's Chapel, [[Brighton]]. In September 1865, he became [[Vicar]] of [[Dalston (Cumbria)|Dalston]] in [[Cumbria]], and married his second wife Anne Barton; however, he held the post for only a few months, and died on 11 February 1866 at Dalston.<ref name="bar"/>

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==External links==
* [http://goochoflondon.org/JohnJrChildren/The_Children_of_JOHN_GOOCH.html Anna Longridge, m. 4 Apr. 1851, Rev. Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick, C.M.G., and d. 18 Feb. 1863]
* [http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_asr9.htm RELIGIONS AND CASTES - T.H. Fitzpatrick and Robert Clark, the first missionaries of the Church of England]

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