1834, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 13 February 1840, and a trustee of the Busby charity on 23 May the same year. He retained the chair of civil law at Oxford until his death, which took place at his residence, Shiplake House, near Reading, on 24 January 1855. Works Phillimore gained in 1798 the university English essay prize by a dissertation on 'Chivalry,' printed in the 'Oxford English Prize Essays,' Oxford, 1836, vol. ii. As a young man he had a passing connection with the Edinburgh Review. Phillimore edited 'Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors' Commons and in the High Court of Delegates (1809–21),' London, 1818–27, 3 vols. 8vo; and 'Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury,' containing the judgments of Sir George Lee, London, 1832–3, 3 vols. His 'Speeches delivered in the Sheldon Theatre, at the Commemoration holden on the 10th, 11th, and 13 June 1834, at which the Duke of Wellington presided in Person,' were printed at Oxford the same year. Family Phillimore married, on 19 March 1807, Elizabeth (d. 1859), daughter of the Rev. Walter Bagot, rector of Blithfield, Staffordshire, younger brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot, by whom he had, with other issue, John George Phillimore, Greville Phillimore, Augustus Phillimore, Robert Joseph Phillimore, and Richard Phillimore. Richard Phillimore, then a student at Christ Church, drowned in June 1843 while swimming in the river Thames at Sandford Lock – a notoriously dangerous spot. His friend William Gaisford, the son of Thomas Gaisford got into difficulties while swimming and Phillimore entered the water to save him, but both young men perished. They are buried in Christ Church Cathedral. They are commemorated by an obelisk at Sandford Lock and two memorial tablets in the north walk of the Cathedral cloisters. References Attribution 1775 births 1855 deaths English legal professionals Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for St Mawes Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Westminster School, London Regius Professors of Civil Law (University of Oxford) UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830