Career
He was elected a Fellow of Street Catharine"s College on April 6, 1829 and was subsequently elected Master of Street 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 (Doctor of Divinity) by royal letters patent in 1847.
He was Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878, and Bishop of Worcester from 1860-1890.