Editing Henry Phillpotts (section)

==Family==
Henry Phillpotts and his wife Deborah had a total of eighteen children. Of these the eldest son was [[William Phillpotts]] (1807–1888), Archdeacon of Cornwall and vicar of St Gluvias. William Phillpotts' sons included [[James Surtees Phillpotts]], Headmaster of Bedford School, and his grandsons included Brigadier General [[Louis Murray Phillpotts]] and Lieutenant Colonel [[Brian Surtees Phillpotts]], both of them heroes of the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref name="Percy"/>

Several of Henry Phillpotts' children married into the families of his diocesan clergy, examples being Maria Phillpotts who in 1833 married the Reverend Richard Stephens, rector of [[Dunsford]],<ref>Richard Stephens and Maria Phillpotts, 4 July 1833; All Souls, St Marylebone, London, England {{citation|title =  England Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL microfilm 580,898, 580,899, 580,900, 580,901, 580,902|url =  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVVC-HL7|
access-date = 19 March 2016}}</ref> Sybella Phillpotts who in 1836 married the Reverend Francis Houssemayne du Boulay, rector of [[Lawhitton]],<ref>Francis du Boulay and Sybella Phillpotts, 8 Jul 1836, Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England {{citation|title = England Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL microfilm 413,288|url =  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJW6-YZF|access-date =19 March 2016}}</ref> and Charles Edward Phillpotts, an Army officer who in 1860 married Jane Hole, daughter of the rector of [[Chulmleigh]].<ref>Charles Edward Phillpotts and Jane Hole, October 1860, Torquay, Devon {{citation|title = England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005|url = https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJK-7H9|access-date = 19 March 2016}}</ref>

The West Country writer [[Eden Phillpotts]] was a grandson of Henry Phillpotts' younger brother Thomas Phillpotts (1785–1862), a West Indies merchant and plantation owner and subsequently co-owner (with Samuel Baker) of Bakers Quay at [[Gloucester Quays]].