Henry Phillpotts


Henry Phillpotts
Bishop of Exeter
DioceseDiocese of Exeter
In office1830–1869
PredecessorChristopher Bethell
SuccessorFrederick Temple
Personal details
Born(1778-05-06)6 May 1778
Died18 September 1869(1869-09-18) (aged 91)
Torquay, Devon
BuriedSt Marychurch, Devon
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseDeborah Maria Surtees (m.1804)
ChildrenWilliam Phillpotts
George Phillpotts
EducationKing's School, Gloucester
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Henry Phillpotts, by John Prescott Knight.

Henry Phillpotts (6 May 1778 – 18 September 1869), often called "Henry of Exeter", was the Anglican Bishop of Exeter from 1830 to 1869. One of England's longest serving bishops since the 14th century, Phillpotts was a striking figure of the 19th-century Church.