Robert Bickersteth (24 June 1847 – 10 July 1916) was an English administrator and Liberal politician. Bickersteth was the son of Robert Bickersteth,

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, and his wife, Elizabeth Garde of Co. Cork. He was educated at

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, and at

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(B.A. 1869). He was an inspector of factories between 1873 and 1880. From 1880 to 1885, he was private secretary to Lord Kimberly who was

Secretary of State for the Colonies The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's government minister, minister in charge of managing certain parts of the British Empire. The colonial secretary never had responsibility for t ...

from 1880 to 1882, and

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from 1882 to 1885. He was a major in the

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Cavalry. In the 1885 general election, Bickersteth was elected member of parliament for

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. He contested

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in the 1886 general election as a

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, but lost.Hansard Millbank Systems Robert Bickersteth
/ref> He was an unpaid Secretary at India Office from February 1886. Bickersteth married Lady Lavinia Louisa Bertie daughter of

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in 1883.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bickersteth, Robert 1847 births 1916 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 Middlesex Yeomanry officers Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies Robert MP