Henry Bickersteth
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The Right Honourable The Lord Langdale PC QC |
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Lord Langdale.
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| Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 1836–1851 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Charles Pepys |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Romilly |
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18 June 1783 Kirkby Lonsdale |
| Died | 18 April 1851 (aged 67) Tunbridge Wells |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Jane Elizabeth Harley |
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale, PC QC (18 June 1783 – 18 April 1851) was an English law reformer and Master of the Rolls.
He was born on 18 June 1783 at Kirkby Lonsdale, three years before his brother Edward Bickersteth.
By the advice of his uncle, Dr. Robert Batty, in October 1801, he went to Edinburgh to pursue his medical studies, and in the following year was called home to take his father's practice in his temporary absence. Disliking the idea of settling down in the country as a general practitioner, young Bickersteth determined to become a London physician. With a view to obtaining a medical degree, on 22 June 1802 his name was entered in the books of Caius College, Cambridge, and, on 27 October in the same year, he was elected a scholar on the Hewitt foundation. Owing to his intense application to work, his health broke down after his first term.
A change of scene being deemed necessary to insure his recovery, he obtained, through Dr. Batty, the post of medical attendant to Edward, fifth earl of Oxford, who was then on a tour in Italy. After his return from the continent he continued with the Earl of Oxford until 1805, when he returned to Cambridge. At this time he wanted to enter the army, but his parents disapproved. After three years he was senior Smith's mathematical prizeman of his year (1808), Miles Bland, Charles Blomfield and Adam Sedgwick being among the competitors. He graduated senior wrangler from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1808 and after training as a physician like his father, he turned to law.
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