Greville Phillimore (1821–1884) was a priest of the

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and hymnal compiler.

Life

He was the fifth son of

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. He was educated successively at

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, and

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, where he graduated B.A. in 1842, and M.A. in 1844. Taking holy orders, he was curate at

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and at

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. In 1851 he became vicar of Downe-Ampney, near

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; and in 1867 he returned as rector to Henley, where he remained until, in July 1883, he accepted the crown living of

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There he died on 20 January 1884.

Works

Phillimore was joint editor with James Russell Woodford and Hyde Wyndham Beadon of ''The Parish Hymn Book'' (1863; enlarged edition of 1875). This was one of the first books to give exposure to

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's translations of

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hymns. Phillimore contributed, besides translations, eleven original hymns, several of which were then reprinted in other collections.Julian, John. ''Dictionary of Hymnology'', 2nd ed., 1907 His ''Parochial Sermons'' were published in 1856 (London; 2nd edit. 1885), and he was author of ‘Uncle Z,’ a story of Triberg, in the Black Forest (1881), and ‘Only a Black Box, or a Passage in the Life of a Curate’ (1883). A memorial volume, printed at Henley in 1884, and edited by his daughter Catherine, contained his hymns and some sermons.

Family

He married, on 16 April 1857, Emma Caroline, daughter of Captain Ambrose Goddard (1779–1854) of the Lawn,

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, M.P. for

from 1837 to 1841.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillimore, Greville 1821 births 1884 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Shiplake People from Henley-on-Thames