NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bickersteth, Edward, 1786-1850 NRA: Bickersteth, Edward (1786-1850) Secretary of the Christian Missionary Society Rector of Watton DNB: Bickersteth, Edward (1786-1850), Church of England clergyman and evangelical leader LBT ID: EdBicke1850 VIAF ID: 88680332 LOC ID: n85158535 | B/BAP: 1786-03-19 DIED: 1850-02-28 |
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Evangelical clergyman, originally a lawyer; he was a secretary of the Church Missionary
Society (1816-30) and rector of Watton in Hertfordshire (1830). He was the brother of Henry
Bickersteth, Baron Langdale (1783-1851). | |