Henry Philpott (17 November 1807 – 10 January 1892) was an

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and

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. He matriculated at

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, in 1825 and graduated as

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and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1829. 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

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by royal letters patent in 1847 and was

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from 1861 to 1890. His

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to the see was

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on 13 March and he was consecrated a bishop on 25 March 1861. He was

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from 1865 to 1891 and Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Philpott, Henry 1807 births 1892 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Senior Wranglers Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Masters of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Worcester Clerks of the Closet