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.
George A. Bicknell court of Indiana in 1881, the office which he held until the completion of its work in 1885, after which he resumed the practice of law. Bicknell was elected judge of the circuit court of Indiana in 1889 and held that office until his death, April 11, 1891, in New Albany, Indiana. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery. (1) "A Genealogical History of the DuPuy Family", Charles Meredith DuPuy; J.B.Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA; 1910; pg. 82 (2) FindAGrave.com ; Find A Grave Memorial# 103540595 George A. Bicknell George Augustus Bicknell (February 6, 1815 – April 11, 1891) was a U.S.