Richard Bickerton was tutored at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, by Sir John Colborne, in classics, English, French, arithmetic, writing, and theology, where he received a Latin Prize in 1828.
He and all three of his siblings accompanied their father and mother to Valletta, Malta, in 1828, where they were homeschooled in the works of Enlightenment philosophy, including those of William Robertson, astrology, history, and the classics, in addition to French and Modern Greek, in both of which he developed fluency.
After an initial tour of the Aegean, his father returned to Valletta to refit his ship, HMS Blonde, before sailing again for the Aegean on 30 January 1829: on this second journey, he took his two sons.
The two sons were tutored on the boat, explored Greece on excursions into the mainland, and were introduced to prominent members of society.
Richard Bickerton returned to England to attend Winchester College.
He subsequently attended Christ Church, Oxford, at which he graduated BA, in 1838, and MA, in 1843.
He later, in 1865, received an honorary DCL from Oxford.
By the time at which he had begun his diplomatic career, he possessed, like his father, a mastery of several languages.
Richard Bickerton was tutored at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, by Sir John Colborne, in classics, English, French, arithmetic, writing, and theology, where he received a Latin Prize in 1828. He and all three of his siblings accompanied their father and mother to Valletta, Malta, in 1828, where they were homeschooled in the works of Enlightenment philosophy, including those of William Robertson, astrology, history, and the classics, in addition to French and Modern Greek, in both of which he developed fluency. After an initial tour of the Aegean, his father returned to Valletta to refit his ship, HMS Blonde, before sailing again for the Aegean on 30 January 1829: on this second journey, he took his two sons. The two sons were tutored on the boat, explored Greece on excursions into the mainland, and were introduced to prominent members of society. Richard Bickerton returned to England to attend Winchester College. He subsequently attended Christ Church, Oxford, at which he graduated BA, in 1838, and MA, in 1843. He later, in 1865, received an honorary DCL from Oxford. By the time at which he had begun his diplomatic career, he possessed, like his father, a mastery of several languages.
Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons