James Ebenezer Bicheno

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1785 – 1851

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Who was James Ebenezer Bicheno?

James Ebenezer Bicheno was a British author and colonial official.

Bicheno was the son of the Rev. James Bicheno, minister of the Baptist Church in Newbury, Berkshire. He was called to the bar in 1822 but seems to have spent most of his time until 1832 in writing and natural history pursuits, especially with the Linnean Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1827.

In 1832 he left London to live at Ty Maen South Cornelly Glamorgan, where he had been one of the founders of the Maesteg Ironworks in 1826. and where he was a friend of Lewis Weston Dillwyn. This investment ultimately failed and he needed to look for an income.

During his years in south Wales Bicheno held conservative views at a time of considerable social and economic change. He was certainly anti-Chartist as his correspondence with the Marquis of Bute, the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, clearly shows. He was ever vigilant regarding Chartism in the Maesteg district and sent regular reports of any radical activity to the Marquis.

He was appointed colonial secretary of Van Diemen's Land in September 1842.

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Born
Jan 25, 1785
Newbury
Religion
  • Protestantism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Lived in
  • Newbury
Died
Feb 25, 1851
Hobart

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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