Robert Bickersteth (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Robert Bickersteth FRS |
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Bishop of Ripon | |
Installed | 1857 |
Term ended | 1884 |
Predecessor | Charles Thomas Longley |
Successor | William Boyd Carpenter |
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Ordination | 1845 |
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Born | London, England |
24 August 1816
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Buried | Ripon Cathedral |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Elizabeth Garde (m.1846) |
Children | Robert |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
The Rt Rev Robert Bickersteth FRS (24 August 1816 - 15 April 1884) was the Anglican Bishop of Ripon in the mid 19th century.[1]
Robert Bickersteth was born into an ecclesiastical family[2] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1845, his first post was as a Curate to his father. After a further curacy in Reading he became Rector of St John’s, Clapham and then of St Giles in the Fields. Between 1854 and 1857 he was a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral when he was elevated to the Episcopate as the Bishop of Ripon,[4] a post he held until his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1858.[5]
His son, also named Robert Bickersteth, was a Liberal MP.[6]
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Notes
- ↑ The Times 16 April 1884; p.6; Issue 31109; col E Death of the Bishop of Ripon
- ↑ His father was the Rev John Bickersteth sometime Rector of Sapcote and his brother a future Dean of Lichfield Times Obituary (Ibid)
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- ↑ A vision of Britain
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- ↑ Catalogue of the papers of the Bickersteth family, 1815-1976
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Preceded by | Bishop of Ripon 1857 – 1884 |
Succeeded by William Boyd Carpenter |
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