page_title: Elhanan Bicknell
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Elhanan Bicknell / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Watercolour portrait of children of Elhanan Bicknell (1788–1861), English businessman.
context_page_description: Elhanan Bicknell was a successful London businessman and shipowner. He used his wealth as a patron of the arts, becoming one of the leading collectors of contemporary British art.
context_section_description: In 1829 Bicknell married Lucinda Browne, a sister of Hablot Knight Browne (aka Phiz, the illustrator of Charles Dickens). He left a large family by his various marriages, and some of his sons (one of whom married the only child of David Roberts, R.A.), in succeeding to his fortune, made names for themselves in the arts, archaeology, botany, travel, and reform.
  Elhanan Bicknell, the eldest son, died in 1860 at age 46.
  Herman Bicknell (1830–1875), orientalist, was the third son.
  Algernon Sidney Bicknell (1832-1911) soldier, traveller and writer.
  Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918), vicar, botanist, archaeologist and author.
  Henry Sanford Bicknell (1818-1880)
  Mrs Ada Berry (nee Bicknell) (1831-1911)
  Edgar Bicknell (1834-1886)
  Percy Bicknell (1836-1911)
  Matilda Bicknell (1838-1858)
  Lucinda Constance Bicknell (1840-1902)
caption: The six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esq, 1842 group portrait by Stephen Poyntz Denning
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