Feb­ru­a­ry 5, 1821, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Jan­u­a­ry 20, 1884, Ewel­me, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Phillimore was the fifth son of Jo­seph Phill­i­more, re­gi­us pro­fess­or of ci­vil law, and bro­ther of Sir Ro­bert Jo­seph Phill­i­more, judge of the ad­mir­al­ty court. Gre­ville at­tende­d West­mins­ter School, Char­ter­house, and Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1842, MA 1844). Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he was Cur­ate suc­cess­ive­ly at Hen­ley-on-Thames and at Ship­lake. In 1851, he be­came Vi­car of Down-Amp­ney, near Crick­lade, Glou­ces­ter­shire. In 1867 he re­turned as Rec­tor to Hen­ley, and in Ju­ly 1883, he ac­cept­ed the crown liv­ing of Ewel­me. His works in­clude:

• Parochial Ser­mons, 1856
• The Par­ish Hymn Book, with Hyde Bea­don & James Wood­ford, 1863
• Sermons and Hymns, 1884

• Julian, pp. 893, 1719, 1724
• Robinson, p. 29

1. Christ, Through Grief and Toil We Come
2. Darkly Frowns the East­ern Sky
3. Every Morn­ing Mer­cies New
4. Lonely in Her Vir­gin Home
5. O Fear Not, Lit­tle Flock
6. O God, Be­fore Thy Sun’s Bright Beams
7. O God, the Wea­ry Path of Life
8. O Lord of Glo­ry, King of Saints
9. O Lord of Life and Health
10. Peace Be in the House of Death
11. Saul, Why Such Fur­i­ous Hate
12. Thou Art Gone Up on High