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.
Joan Bicknell other health problems, eventually mental illness. She retired early at age 50. She moved to Dorset county with her partner Diana Worsley, owning a farm for children with disabilities to have contact with animals. She died of cancer in Stalbridge in Dorset county. In 1990, the Psychiatry of Disability Division at St George's Hospital Medical School, established the Joan Bicknell Prize for the best essay on an aspect of the Psychiatry of Disability written and presented by a registrar and senior registrar. A building in Tooting, London was named Joan Bicknell Centre. Joan Bicknell Joan Bicknell (April 10, 1939 -