Sparke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arthur Sparke Arthur Sparke (5 June 1628 – 1677) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Life and work Birth Arthur was born on 5 June 1628, as the fifth (but third surviving) son of Thomas Sparke, the rect ...

, lawyer and politician *

Bowyer Sparke Bowyer Edward Sparke (27 April 1759 – 4 April 1836) was an English bishop. Life He was born at Bury St Edmunds, and was admitted a pensioner at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 27 October 1777, where he matriculated in 1778. He graduated B. ...

, bishop *

Edward Sparke Edward Sparke (c. 1610/11 - 1692) was an orthodox Anglican English clergyman and devotional writer in prose and poetry, who despite being ejected from his living during the English Rebellion survived to see his work and teaching gain a wide currenc ...

, clergyman *

John Sparke (died 1566) John Sparke (died 1566) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1554. Sparke was originally from Nantwich, Cheshire and settled at Plympton St. Maurice. He was collector of the subsidy for Plympton Erle in 1523. In 1554, ...

English MP for Plympton Erle * John Sparke (died 1640) English MP for Mitchell *

John Sparke (died 1680) John Sparke (1636 – 8 October 1680) of the Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1677 to 1680. Origins Sparke was the son of Jonathan Sparke of Plymouth ...

English MP for Plymouth *

Joseph Sparke Joseph Sparke or Sparkes (1683–1740) was an English antiquary, editor of some significant chronicles. Life He was son of John Sparke or Sparkes of Peterborough. Having been educated in his native city under a Mr. Warren, he was admitted a pens ...

, antiquary *

Linda Sparke Linda Siobhan Sparke is a British astronomer known for her research on the structure and dynamics of galaxies. She is a professor emerita of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Explorers Program Scientist in the NASA Astrophysi ...

, astronomer *

Penny Sparke Penelope Anne "Penny" Sparke (born 6 November 1948) is a British writer and academic specialising in the history of design. She has been Professor of Design History at Kingston University, London, since 1999, where she is also Director of th ...

, writer and academic *

Philip Sparke Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music. His early major works include ''The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa"'', written for th ...

, composer *

Thomas Sparke Thomas Sparke (1548–1616) was an English clergyman, who represented the Puritan point of view both at the 1584 Lambeth Conference and the 1604 Hampton Court Conference. Life He was born at South Somercotes, Lincolnshire. He was elected to a d ...

, clergyman *

Thomas Sparke (bishop) Thomas Sparke was the only medieval incumbent of the office of Bishop of Berwick in England. Previously Prior of Lindisfarne and Prebendary at Durham Cathedral, he was consecrated by Edward Lee, Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a ...

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