Henry Philpott (bishop)

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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^ 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
^ 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

v t e Bishops of Worcester
Early medieval	Bosel Oftfor Egwin of Evesham Wilfrith (I) Milred Waermund Tilhere Heathured Denebeorht Heahbeorht Ealhhun Werferth Æthelhun Wilfrith (II) Koenwald Dunstan Oswald Ealdwulf
High medieval	Wulfstan (I) Leofsige Beorhtheah Lyfing Ælfric Puttoc Lyfing Ealdred 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, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester Nicholas Heath Richard Pate Edwin Sandys Nicholas Bullingham John Whitgift Edmund Freke Richard Fletcher Thomas Bilson Gervase Babington Henry Parry John Thornborough John Prideaux Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) 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

v t e Clerks of the Closet
17th century	Richard Neile William Juxon Matthew Wren Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon John Earle John Dolben Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Thomas Sprat Sir Edward Petre John Tillotson Thomas Burnet John Montagu
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 James Newcome Richard Jackson

v t e Masters of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Robert Woodlark Richard Roche John Tapton 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

Authority control databases
International	FAST VIAF
National	United States
Other	SNAC