Henry Philpott (bishop)

Anglican bishop (1807–1892)

Not to be confused with Henry Phillpotts.

The Right Reverend

Henry Philpott

Bishop of Worcester
Church| Church of England
Diocese| Worcester
In office| 1861–1890
Predecessor| Henry Pepys
Successor| John Perowne
Other post(s)| Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1846; 1856–1857)
Personal details
Born| (1807-11-17)17 November 1807
Died| 10 January 1892(1892-01-10) (aged 84)
Nationality| British
Denomination| Anglican
Alma mater| St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Henry Philpott (17 November 1807 - 10 January 1892[1]) was an Anglican bishop and academic.

He matriculated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, in 1825 and graduated as Senior Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1829.[2] He was elected a Fellow of St Catharine's College on 6 April 1829 and was subsequently elected Master of St Catharine's College in 1845, a post he held until 1861. During the same period, he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on three occasions (1846, 1856, 1857).

Philpott was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by royal letters patent in 1847 and was Bishop of Worcester from 1861 to 1890.[3] His election to the see was confirmed on 13 March and he was consecrated a bishop on 25 March 1861.[4] He was Clerk of the Closet from 1865 to 1891 and Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878.

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1. ^ W. H. S. Jones, 1936, A history of St Catharine's College, Cambridge University Press, 414.
2. ^ "Philpott, Henry (PHLT825H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry Subscription required
4. ^ Jones, William Henry Samuel (10 June 2010). A History of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Once Catharine Hall, Cambridge. ISBN 9781108008969.

Academic offices

Preceded by

Joseph Procter

|  Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1845–1861  | Succeeded by

Charles Robinson

Preceded by

Ralph Tatham

|  Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1846  | Succeeded by

Robert Phelps

Preceded by

William Whewell

|  Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1856–1857  | Succeeded by

William Henry Bateson

Church of England titles
Preceded by

Henry Pepys

|  Bishop of Worcester
1860–1890  | Succeeded by

John Perowne

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* Henry Wakefield
* Robert Tideman of Winchcombe
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* Philip Morgan
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* Silvestro de' Gigli
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* Edward Stillingfleet
* William Lloyd
* John Hough
* Isaac Maddox
* James Johnson
* Brownlow North
* Richard Hurd

Late modern|

* Folliott Cornewall
* Robert Carr
* Henry Pepys
* Henry Philpott
* John Perowne
* Charles Gore
* Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs
* Ernest Pearce
* Arthur Perowne
* William Wilson Cash
* Mervyn Charles-Edwards
* Robin Woods
* Philip Goodrich
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* Richard Neile
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* Thomas Burnet
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18th century|

* William Graham
* Samuel Pratt
* Charles Trimnell
* Richard Willis
* Henry Egerton
* Joseph Butler
* John Gilbert
* John Thomas
* William Buller
* Richard Hurd

19th century|

* William Jackson
* George Pelham
* Robert Carr
* Edward Stanley
* John Graham
* Henry Philpott
* Randall Davidson

Since 1900|

* William Boyd Carpenter
* Hubert Burge
* Thomas Strong
* Cyril Garbett
* Percy Herbert
* Roger Wilson
* Gordon Fallows
* John Bickersteth
* John Waine
* Jonathan Bailey
* Christopher Hill
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* Robert Woodlark
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* John Wardall
* Richard Balderston
* Thomas Green
* Reginald Bainbrigge
* Edwin Sandys
* Edmund Cosyn
* John May
* Edmund Hownde
* John Overall
* John Hills
* Richard Sibbes
* Ralph Brownrigg
* William Spurstowe
* John Lightfoot
* John Eachard
* Sir William Dawes
* Thomas Sherlock
* Thomas Crosse
* Edward Hubbard
* Kenrick Prescot
* Lowther Yates
* Joseph Proctor
* Henry Philpott
* Charles Kirkby Robinson
* Claude Hermann Walter Johns
* Thomas Wortley Drury
* Frederick Margetson Rushmore
* Henry John Chaytor
* Donald Portway
* Edwin Ernest Rich
* Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
* Barry Supple
* Terence English
* David S. Ingram
* Jean Thomas
* Mark Welland
* John Benger

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