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The Venerable

Julian Bickersteth

MC QHC
Archdeacon of Maidstone
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of Canterbury
In office1942 to 1958
PredecessorAlexander Sargent
SuccessorGordon Strutt
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth

(1885-07-05)5 July 1885
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Died16 October 1962(1962-10-16) (aged 77)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1915–1919
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsMentioned in Despatches
Military Cross

Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth, MC, QHC (5 July 1885 – 16 October 1962) was a British Anglican priest, chaplain, and headmaster. He started his career as a school chaplain and teacher. During World War I, he served as a military chaplain. Between the wars he was headmaster of The Collegiate School of St Peter in Adelaide, Australia, and then headmaster of Felsted School in Essex, England. From 1942 to 1958, he served as Archdeacon of Maidstone in the Diocese of Canterbury, Church of England.[1]

Early life and education

Bickersteth was born on 5 July 1885 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England.[2][3] He was one of six sons born to The Reverend Canon Samuel Bickersteth (1857–1937) and Ella Chlora Faithfull Bickersteth (1858–1954).[1] His mother was the daughter of Professor Sir Monier Monier-Williams, and she was "one of the five or six little girls in Oxford on whom Lewis Carroll modelled his Alice in Wonderland".[1]

Bickersteth was educated at Rugby School, then an all-boys public school in Rugby, Warwickshire.[1] He then studied mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1907 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon).[3] His nephew is Bishop John Bickersteth.

Career

After completing his undergraduate degree, Bickersteth spent a year teaching English in the British Raj.[1] He decided enter the clergy and returned to England. He then entered Wells Theological College, an Anglican theological college to train for ordained ministry.[3] As a graduate, he only need to spend one-year training before ordination.[1]

Bickersteth was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1909 and as a priest in 1910.[2][3] From 1909 to 1912, he served his curacy at St Andrew's Church, Rugby, which was then in the Diocese of Worcester.[1] In 1912, he first moved to Australia where he had been appointed the chaplain to Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, an independent boarding school in Melbourne.[3]

In 1915, one year after the start of the First World War, Bickersteth returned to England with the intention of becoming a military chaplain.[1]

Honours

On 9 June 1917, Bickersteth was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.[4] On 1 January 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) "for distinguished service in the Field".[5] Though he was immediately given the ribbon to wear on his uniform, he had to wait till 1919 to receive the medal itself. That year, during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, he stood side by side with one of his brothers as they both awarded the Military Cross by King George V.[1]

On 3 November 1953, Bickersteth was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC).[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bickersteth, John (October 2008). "Bickersteth, (Kenneth) Julian Faithfull (1885–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The Julian Bickersteth Memorial Medal". ihgs.ac.uk. The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Miller, J. S. C. (1979). "Bickersteth, Kenneth Julian Faithfull (1885–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 30101". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1917. pp. 5315–5324.
  5. ^ "Awarded the Military Cross". The Edinburgh Gazette. No. 13186. 2 January 1918. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 40005". The London Gazette. 3 November 1953. p. 5857.
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1942–1958 		Succeeded by
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