THE REV. DR. BICKERSTETH. AND THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.

Kumara Times, Issue 238, 21 April 1884, Page 2

THE REV. DR. BICKERSTETH. AND THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.

■■ From “ Men of the Time ” we make the following extracts concerning the career of these two notable characters, whose deaths were announced by cable on Thursday last: — Bickersteth, the Right Rev. Robert, D.D., F.R.S., Bishop of Ripon, fourth, son of the Rev. John Bickersteth, M.A., rector of Sapcote, Leicestershire, and nephew of the late Lord Langdale, born at Acton, Suffolk, August 24, 1816 ; was intended for the medical profession, but, preferring the Church, entered Queen’s College, Cambridge, and graduated B. A. in honours in 1841, and M.A. in 1846. He was ordained to the curacy of Sapcote in 1841; was curate at St. Giles’, Reading, in 1843-4, at the parish church of Clapham in 1845, and became incumbent of St. John’s Church, Clapham, towards the close of that year. He was appointed to the rectory of St. Giles-in-the-Fields in 1851, though from the diminution of income which he suffered by the operation of the Metropolitan Burials Act, his promotion considerably curtailed his revenue. He was appointed a Canon Residentiary of Salisbury in 1854, and was promoted to the see of Ripon in 1856. Dr. Bickersteth has written “ Bible Landmarks,” published in 1850; “ Lent Lectures, Means of Grace,” in 1851 ; a volume of Sermons in 1866; Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ripon in 1858, 1861, 1864,1867, and 1870; several single sermons, and lectures on various subjects. Buccleuch (Duke of), Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, K.G., K.T., D.C.L., eldest son of the fourth duke, born November 25, 1806, was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1827. Having succeeded to the title whilst a minor, he never sat in the House of Commons. His Grace, whose wealth gives him great influence, is High Steward of Westminster, a governor of the Charter-house, Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian and Roxburghshire, and Captain of the Queen’s Body Guard iij Scotland. He supports the Conservative party, and held the posts of Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council in Sir Robert Peel’s second Administration in 1842-46. Well known as a generous patron of the arts and of literature, his Grace received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 1834, and the honorary degree of L.L.D. from the University of Edinburgh, April 22. 1874. He was unanimously elected Chancellor of the University of Glasgow in succession to the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell, April 24, 1878.