Charles Philpot

Rev. Charles Philpot (1759-1823) was an English poet and cleric.

Life
Charles Philpot was a native of Leicestershire. He entered Emmanuel College Cambridge, as a pensioner in 1775, earning a B.A. in 1780 and an M.A. in 1787. Philpot was ordained in 1793 and was Rector of Ripple, Kent (1793-1823) and Vicar of St. Margaret-at-Cliffe (1813-23).

Recognition
At Cambridge, Philpot twice won the Seatonian Prize, in 1790 and 1791.