William John Philpotts (26 May 1807 in Bishop Middleham – 10 July 1888 in St Gluvias) was Archdeacon of Cornwall[1] from 1845[2] until his death.
[4][5] In 1831, at Exeter, William Phillpotts was ordained deacon, the ceremony being conducted by his own father the Bishop.
In 1845 he succeeded the Venerable John Sheepshanks as Archdeacon of Cornwall and vicar of St Gluvias near Penryn.
The couple had nine children of whom the best known was James Surtees Phillpotts (1839-1930), headmaster of Bedford School.
[4] According to an obituary note in Truth magazine he had been respected as "a man of strong common sense and excellent judgment".