John Laurens Bicknell

John Laurens Bicknell (c.1786 – 3 August 1845[1]) was an English solicitor and author.

[3] He was the son of John Bicknell and his wife Sabrina Sidney.

[4] His name commemorated John Laurens, his father's friend, who died in 1782.

[5] He was educated at Charles Burney's school, where his mother worked, having been left little to live on when his father died in 1787.

[2][4] In a successful legal career, Bicknell became solicitor to the Admiralty.