Philip Shuttleworth was second son of Humphrey Shuttleworth, vicar of
Kirkham in
Lancashire from 1771 to 1812, and of
Preston from 1784 to 1809, an anti-papal writer. Shuttleworth, born at Kirkham on 9 February 1782, was educated at the Preston grammar school, and at
Winchester College, which he entered in 1796. He matriculated at
New College, Oxford, on 24 December 1800, and graduated B.A. in 1800, M.A. in 1811, and B.D. and D.D. in 1822. In 1803 he won the Chancellor's Latin-verse prize, the subject being 'Byzantium.' Soon after graduating he became tutor to the Hon.
Algernon Herbert, and at a subsequent date to
Charles Richard Fox, son of
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland. He was Tutor and
Fellow of New College until 1822, and proctor of the university in 1820. In 1822, he was unanimously chosen Warden of New College. He held strong whig views, which were toned down in later life, and was an opponent of the
tractarian movement. On 19 November 1824, he was presented by Lord Holland to the rectory of
Foxley, Wiltshire, and in September 1840 was appointed bishop of Chichester. He died at his palace at Chichester on 7 January 1842. He married at
Hambleton,
Buckinghamshire, in 1823, Emma Martha, daughter of George Welch of High Leek in
Tunstal parish, Lancashire. By her he had five daughters, one of whom as
Frances Bevan the translator and poet. A son, Philip Ughtred, died as a student of
Christ Church, Oxford, on 27 November 1848. ==Works==