Editing Henry Phillpotts (section)

=== Early life ===
Henry Phillpotts, [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]], Bishop of Exeter, was born on 6 May 1778 at [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]], England, the son of [[John Phillpotts (land agent)|John Phillpotts]], a [[factory]] owner, [[innkeeper]], [[auctioneer]] and land agent to the Dean and Chapter of [[Gloucester Cathedral]]. He grew up in [[Gloucestershire]], and was educated at Gloucester Cathedral school. [[John Phillpotts (MP)|John Phillpotts]], [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]] city between 1830 and 1847, was his elder brother. Two other brothers, Thomas and George, and two sisters, Isabella and Sibella, reached adulthood; a number of other siblings died in infancy or childhood.<ref name="Percy">Phillpotts, Percy (c. 1910), ''A Phillpotts Genealogy'', unpublished manuscript in family possession.</ref>

Elected a scholar of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]], at the age of only thirteen, he took his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] at Corpus Christi, and his [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]] in 1795, aged eighteen. He took [[Holy Orders|holy orders]] in 1802, being ordained [[deacon]] by [[John Randolph (Bishop of London)|John Randolph]], [[Bishop of London]], and [[priest]] by [[Henry Majendie]], [[Bishop of Chester]], in 1804.

He was selected university preacher in 1804, in which year he published his ''Sermon on 5 November'', delivered before the [[University of Oxford]].

In September 1804 he was presented to the [[The Crown|Crown]] [[advowson|living]] of [[Kilmersdon]], near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], which he held until 1806.<ref>{{CCEd |type=person |id=28960 |name=Phillpotts, Henry |year1=1802 |year2=1832 }}</ref> He does not appear ever to have resided there, duty being taken by a [[curate]] named Daniel Drape, according to the [[parish]] registers.