Henry Philpott (bishop)

The Right Reverend Henry Philpott
Bishop of Worcester

Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Worcester
In office	1860–1890
Predecessor	Henry Pepys
Successor	John Perowne
Other posts	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 Catherine's College, Cambridge

Not to be confused with Henry Phillpotts.

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 April 6, 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 (D.D.) by royal letters patent in 1847. He was Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878, and Bishop of Worcester from 1860-1890.^[3]

References

↑ W.H.S. Jones, 1936, A history of St Catharine's College, Cambridge University Press, 414.
↑ "Philpott, Henry (PHLT825H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry Subscription required

Academic offices
Preceded by Joseph Procter	Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 1845–1861	Succeeded by Charles Kirkby Robinson
Preceded by Ralph Tatham William Whewell	Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1846 1856–1857	Succeeded by Robert Phelps William Henry Bateson
Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Pepys	Bishop of Worcester 1860–1890	Succeeded by John Perowne

Masters of St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Robert Woodlark Richard Roche John Tapton John Wardall Richard Balderston Thomas Green Reginald Baindrigge 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, 3rd Baronet Thomas Sherlock Thomas Crosse Edward Hubbard Kenrick Prescot Lowther Yates Joseph Procter Henry Philpott Charles Kirkby Robinson Claude Hermann Walter Johns Thomas Wortley Drury Frederick Margetson Rushmore Henry John Chayter Donald Portway Edwin Ernest Rich Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Barry Supple Terence English David S. Ingram Jean Thomas

Bishops of Worcester

Early Medieval	Bosel Oftfor Egwin of Evesham Wilfrith (I) Milred Waermund Tilhere Heathured Denebeorht Heahbeorht Ealhhun Werferth Æthelhun Wilfrith (II) Koenwald St Dunstan St Oswald Ealdwulf

High Medieval	Wulfstan (I) Leofsige Beorhtheah Lyfing Ælfric Puttoc Lyfing Ealdred St Wulfstan (II) Samson Theulf Simon John de Pageham Alured Roger Baldwin of Forde William of Northall Robert FitzRalph Henry de Sully John of Coutances Mauger Randulf of Evesham Walter de Gray Sylvester William de Blois Walter de Cantilupe Nicholas of Ely Godfrey Giffard

Late Medieval	John St German William Gainsborough Walter Reynolds Walter Maidstone Thomas Cobham Wulstan Bransford Adam Orleton Simon Montacute Thomas Hemenhale Wulstan Bransford John of Thoresby Reginald Brian John Barnet William Whittlesey William Lenn Walter Lyghe Henry Wakefield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Richard Clifford Thomas Peverel Philip Morgan Thomas Polton Thomas Brunce Thomas Bourchier John Carpenter ("Bishop of Worcester and Westbury") John Alcock Robert Morton Giovanni de' Gigli

Early modern	Silvestro de' Gigli Girolamo Ghinucci Hugh Latimer John Bell Nicholas Heath John Hooper Nicholas Heath Richard Pate Edwin Sandys Nicholas Bullingham John Whitgift Edmund Freke Richard Fletcher Thomas Bilson Gervase Babington Henry Parry John Thornborough John Prideaux George Morley John Gauden John Earle Robert Skinner Walter Blandford James Fleetwood William Thomas 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 Peter Selby John Inge

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9574457 LCCN: no2005034655

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