Installed 1857 Denomination Anglican Children Robert Bickersteth Term ended 1884 Name Robert Bickersteth Predecessor Charles Longley | Successor William Boyd Carpenter Role Bishop Ordination 1845 Buried Ripon Cathedral Died April 15, 1884 | |
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Born 24 August 1816
London, England ( 1816-08-24 ) Spouse Elizabeth Garde (m.1846) Education Queens' College, Cambridge Place of burial Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, United Kingdom | ||
The Rt Rev Robert Bickersteth FRS (24 August 1816 - 15 April 1884) was the Anglican Bishop of Ripon in the mid 19th century.
Life
Robert Bickersteth was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. 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, a post he held until his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1858.
His son, also named Robert Bickersteth, was a Liberal MP.
He consecrated the church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall on 29 July 1880.
References
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