John Bicknell solicitor to the Admiralty and the Prince Regent, became father-in-law to John Constable. His eldest daughter Maria Elizabeth Bicknell married Constable in 1816. John Bicknell John Bicknell, the elder (baptised 1746 – 1787) was an English barrister and writer. He was co-author with Thomas Day of the abolitionist poem "The Dying Negro" from 1773. Bicknell has also been credited with "Musical Travels through England", a pseudonymous satire on Charles Burney. The second son of Robert Bicknell of the Inner Temple, he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1761. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1769.
Robert Batty (artist) paralysis and died in London in 1848, painting until a few weeks before his death. He had in 1821 married Johanna Maria, one of the daughters of Sir John Barrow and the artist Anna Maria Truter. The marriage produced 5 children: Attribution: Robert Batty (artist) Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (5 August 1789 – 20 November 1848) was an English army officer and artist. He was born 1789, the son of Dr. Batty of Hastings and started to study medicine at Caius College, Cambridge, being awarded an M.B. in 1813. He left his studies to join the Grenadier Guards (then the 1st