Robert Bickersteth (bishop)
Robert Bickersteth | |
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| Bishop of Ripon | |
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| Installed | 1857 |
| Term ended | 1884 |
| Predecessor | Charles Thomas Longley |
| Successor | William Boyd Carpenter |
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| Ordination | 1845 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1816 |
| Died | 15 April 1884 (aged 67) |
| 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]
Life
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]
External links
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)
- ^ "Bickersteth, Robert (BKRT837R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ A vision of Britain
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Catalogue of the papers of the Bickersteth family, 1815-1976
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