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Francis Henry Thicknesse (né Coldwell) (14 May 1829-2 November 1921) was the inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Leicester from 1888 until 1903.He was born Francis Henry Coldwell son of the Revd William Edward Coldwell Prebendary of Lichfield and Rector of Stafford. He changed his name by royal license to Thicknesse when he married Ann Thicknesse daughter and sole heir of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse (MP for Wigan) in Clitheroe on 3 July 1855. The marriage yielded five sons and two daughters.

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