Philip William Wheeldon (1913 - 1992) was the fourth Bishop of Whitby and subsequently the two times Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman. He was educated at Clifton College and Downing College, Cambridge and ordained in 1938. After a Curacy at Farnham he served as a Chaplain throughout the Second World War. When peace came he was successively Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, General Secretary of the Central Advisory Council on Training for the Ministry and finally Prebendary of Wells Cathedral before elevation to the Episcopate in 1954. After 7 years at Whitby he was translated to Kimberley and Kuruman. He served twice as Bishop, retiring once through ill health but returning when his successor Clarence Edward Crowther was deported. In retirement he served as an Assistant Bishop, firstly in the Diocese of Worcester and latterly at Wakefield.

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