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 | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ripon | |
 | |
| Installed | 1857 |
| Term ended | 1884 |
| Predecessor | Charles Thomas Longley |
| Successor | William Boyd Carpenter |
| Orders | |
| 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 |
Life
editRobert Bickersteth was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Rev. John Bickersteth, sometime Rector of Sapcote. His brother Edward was a Dean of Lichfield. His uncle was Edward was also a priest and Edward Bickersteth, Bishop of Exeter was his cousin. Another uncle, a prominent barrister, was raised to the peerage as Baron Langdale.[2] He was 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]
He consecrated the church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall on 29 July 1880.[7]
Works
edit- The Social Effects of the Reformation (1859)
- Romanism in its relation to the second coming of Christ (1854)
- The Gifts of the Kingdom. Being Lectures Delivered During Lent (1855)
External links
editNotes
edit- ^ The Times 16 April 1884; p.6; Issue 31109; col E Death of the Bishop of Ripon
- ^ Frances Keyes Aglionby, The life of Edward Henry Bickersteth D.D., Chapter 1 Archived 2012-12-23 at archive.today
- ^ "Bickersteth, Robert (BKRT837R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ A vision of Britain
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society | Queens' College". www.queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Catalogue of the papers of the Bickersteth family, 1815-1976
- ^ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer West Yorkshire, England 30 Jul 1880 p5: "Consecration of Killinghall Church"
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