BACON
(Premier Baronetcy):
cr. 22 May 1611.
[Note. — With this Baronetcy the Baronetcy of Bacon, cr. 29 July 1627, has been united since 30 April 1755.]
I. 1611. "Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, co. Suffolk, Knt.,"[1] s. and h. of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1559-79), by his 1st wife, Jane, da. of William Fernley, of West Creting, Suffolk, and of London (being elder br., of the half blood, to the still more celebrated LordChancellor, Francis Bacon,[2] afterwards Baron Verulam and Viscount St, Albans), was b. about 1540; Pensioner of Gonville and Caius Coll., Cambridge, Nov. 1554; student of Gray's Inn, 1562; Sheriff of Suffolk, 1581-82, and of Norfolk, 1597-98; M.P. for Beverley, 1563-67; and for Suffolk, 1572-83; Knighted by Queen Elizabeth, at Norwich, 22 May 1578; suc. his father, 20 Feb. 1578/9; Sheriff of Suffolk (again) 1581, and was cr. a Bart., as above, at the institution of that Order, 22 May 1611, being the 1st person[2] ever advanced to that dignity.[3] He m. 1564, Anne, da. and h. of Edmund Butts, of Thornage, Norfolk, by Anne, da. and coheir of Henry Bures or Buers, of Barrow, co. Suffolk. She d. 19 Sep. 1616, aged 68. He d. 12 or 22 Nov. 1624, at Cutford, Suffolk. Both bur. at Redgrave. M.I. His will pr. 1624.
II. 1624. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, s. and h., about 1570; M.P. for Eye, 1588-89 and for Norfolk,1593 and 1625; suc. to the Baronetcy. He m. Philippa, da. of Edward (Wotton), 1st Baron Wotton of Marley, by his 1st wife, Hester, da. and coheir of Sir William Puckering. She, who was bap. 7 June 1576, at Boughton Malherbe, Kent, d. 1 and was bur. 6 Oct. 1626, at Redgrave. He d. s.p. 10 April 1649 and was also bur. there. M.I. Will pr. 1649.
III. 1649. Sir Robert Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, and of Ryburgh, Norfolk, br. and h.; M.P. for St. Ives, 1621-22; suc. to the Baronetcy, 10 April 1649. He m. firstly, Ann, da. of Sir John Peyton, 1st Bart. [1611], of Iselham, by Alice, da. of Sir Edward Osborne, sometime Lord Mayor of London. She was bur. 27 Sep. 1640, at Ryburgh. M.I. He m. secondly Katherine. She is mentioned in a deed of settlement 20 May 1650. He was bur. 16 Dec. 1655, at Ryburgh. M.I. Will pr.
IV. 1655. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, grandson and h., being s. and h. of Robert Bacon, by Catharine, da. of Grave Violet, of Pynkney House, Taterford, Norfolk, which Robert was s. and h. ap. of the last Bart., by his 1st wife, but d. v.p. 25 Aug. 1652, He was admitted, 1616, to Gray's Inn; was B.A., Oxford, from Clare Hall, Cambridge, and incorp. 10 July 1627, as M.A.; suc. to the Baronetcy, Dec. 1655; Sheriff of Suffolk, 1665-66. He m., before May 1650, Elizabeth, 4th da. and coheir of Sir Robert Crane, Bart. [1626], of Chilton by Susan, 3d da. of Sir Giles Alington. He d. s.p.m. (though he had had five sons and ten daughters) 12 and was bur. 14 Sep. 1685, at Redgrave, aged 52. M.I. Will pr. Feb. 1686. His widow, who was b. 18 Aug. and bap. 2 Sep. 1634, at Chilton, Suffolk, m. (Lic. Fac. 10 Jan. 1686/7), John Tate, Serjeant at Law. She d. 6 and was bur. 10 Dec. 1690, at Redgrave, aged 57. M.I. Will dat. 25 Dec. 1689, pr. 21 Jan. 1702/3.
V. 1685. Sir Robert Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Egmore, co. Norfolk, Redgrave aforesaid, and, subsequently, of Garboldisham, in the said county, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Butts Bacon, by Catharine,da. and coheir of Sir John Tracy, of Stanhow, Norfolk, which Butts, who d. Jan. 1662, was 2d s. of the 3d Bart., by his 1st wife. He suc. to the Baronetcy, 12 Sep. 1685, but sold the family estate of Redgrave to Chief Justice Holt, and removed to Garboldisham, in Norfolk. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Chandler, of London. She d. 21 Dec. 1686, and was bur. at Wyghton, Norfolk. M.I. He d. 31 Jan. and was bur. 3 Feb. 1704, aged 52, at All Saints', Garboldisham. M.I. Admon. 16 April 1705.
VI. 1704. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Garboldisham aforesaid, s. and. h., suc. to the Baronetcy, 31 Jan. 1704; M.P. for Thetford, 1710-13; for Norfolk 1728-41. He m. 27 Nov. 1712, at Ubbeston, Suffolk, Mary, da. of Sir Robert Kemp, 3d Bart. [1642], of Gissing, and sole heir of her mother (his first wife), Lætitia, da. of Robert King, of Great Thurlow, Suffolk. She d. 14 and was bur. 17 Sep. 1727, at Garboldisham. He d. s.p.m. 30 April 1755. Will pr. 1755.
VII and VIII. 1755. Sir Richard Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Colchester, cousin and h. male, being 8th Bart. of the creation of 29 July 1627. He was br. of the 5th and 7th Bart, of that creation (which see) all three being sons of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Henry Bacon, 3d Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Henry Bacon, 2d Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Bart, so cr. 29 July 1627, who was yr. s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, cr. a Bart. 11 May 1611 as aforesaid. He was b. 22 Feb. and bap. 5 March 1695, at Gillingham, Norfolk. He suc., on the death of his brother, 10 April 1753, to the Baronetcy, cr. in 1627, and on the death of his cousin (as aforesaid), 30 April 1755, to the Baronetcy, cr. in 1611. He m. firstly, 29 Dec. 1720, at St. Mary's, Colchester, Bridget, da. of (—) Mayhew, of Colchester. She d. 6 Jan. 1725/6, and was bur. in Trinity church, Colchester. He m. secondly, 18 July 1729, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Lucy,[4] 1st da. of Thomas Gardiner, of Tollesbury, Essex, by Lucy, 2d da. and coheir of Henry Mildmay, of Graces in that co. She, who was b. 30 Jan. and bap. 12 Feb. 1691, at Little Baddow, Essex, d. s.p. 17 and was bur. 22 Aug. 1765, at Trinity church aforesaid. He d. s.p.s. 26 March, and was also bur. there 11 April 1773. Will dat. 21 Jan. 1773, pr. 14 April 1773.
VIII and IX. 1773. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Raveningham Hall, Norfolk, nephew and h., being s. and h. of Castell Bacon, of the same, by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Dashwood, of Cley, Norfolk, which Castell was a yr. s. (1st s. by the 2d wife, Mary, da. of John Castell, of Raveningham aforesaid) of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bart, of the creation of 29 July 1627, he being a yr. br. of Sir Richard Bacon, 8th Bart. of that creation, and 7th Bart. of the creation of 11 May 1611, above named. This Edmund was b. 14 Oct. 1749, at Raveningham, in which estate he suc. his father, 13 April 1770, three years before the death, 26 March 1773, of his uncle (of the half blood), whereby he suc. to the Baronetcies. He m. 29 Jan. 1778, at St. Marylebone, Anne, 1st da. of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Bart. [1745], and K.B., by his 1st wife, Jane, da. of Christopher Tower, of Iver, Bucks. She, who was b. 8 Aug. 1749, d. 26 Aug. 1813, and was bur. at Raveningham. He d. 5 Sep. 1820, and was bur. there. Will pr. Oct. 1820.
IX and X. 1820. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Raveningham Hall aforesaid, s. and h.; b. 6 July 1779, at Raveningham, and bap. there; suc. to the Baronetcies, 5 Sep. 1820. He m. 27 Aug. 1801, at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, Mary Anne Elizabeth, da. of his paternal uncle, Dashwood Bacon, of Ottery St. Mary, by Anne Barbara, da. of (—) Ogilvie, of the island of St. Christopher, planter. She d. 24 Oct. 1820, and was bur. at Raveningham. He d. s.p.m.s. 30 May 1864, at Raveningham Hall, aged 84.
X and XI. 1864. Sir Henry Hickman Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Thonock Hall, near Gainsborough, co. Lincoln, nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Nicholas Bacon, of Blundeston, Suffolk, by Jane, 2d da. of Alexander Bowker, of Lynn, which Nicholas (who d. 1863, aged 77), was yr. br. of the last Bart. He was b. 5 April 1820, at Blundeston and bap. there; ed. at Sandhurst, was sometime Capt. in the 3d Dragoon Guards; suc. to the Baronetcies, 30 May 1864; Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1867. He m. 17 March 1853, at Corringham, Elizabeth, yst. da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Beckett, 3d Bart. [1813], of Somerby Park, by Caroline, da. of Joseph Beckett, of Barnsley, co. York. He d. 14 Nov. 1872, at Thonock Hall, aged 52. His widow d. there, 29 Nov. 1885, aged 59. Both bur. at Raveningham.
XI and XII. 1872. Sir Hickman Beckett Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Thonock Hall aforesaid, s. and h. He was b. 14 April 1855, at Thonock, and bap. at Gainsborough. He suc. to the Baronetcies, 14 Nov. 1872; Lieut. Gren. Guards, 1877-78; Sheriff for Lincolnshire, 1887. F.S.A.
Family Estates.—These, in 1883, were 3,377 acres in Lincolnshire, worth £5,358 a year. Seat.—Thonock Hall, near Gainsborough, co. Lincoln.
- ↑ The style of each grantee (here given in inverted commas), and the date of creation, during the reigns of James I and Charles I, are taken from the Creations of Peers and Baronets, 1483 to 1646, in the 47th Rep. of the D.K. of the Public Records.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 It appears to have been by Francis Bacon's advice, given in 1606 (some five or six years before it was carried into effect) that the order of Baronets was instituted; so that "it is not surprising to find that the first of the new dignity was Sir Nicholas Bacon," his eldest brother, and the head of the family. See Notes and Queries, 3d S., xii, 168.
- ↑ He was the first of a batch of eighteen persons with whom the order originated. This was followed, about five weeks later (29 June 1611), by a larger batch of fifty-two (53 according to Dugdale and others, who, erroneously, include "Dallison" therein), and, subsequently, on 24 Sep. by one of four, and on 25 Nov. following by one of seventeen, after which creations (91 in all, ending with that of Holte, all being in 1611), each creation in this reign, and for the most part in those following, is dated on a separate day. There were "twenty-two patents originally intended for the first seal (22 May 1611), of which four "were stayed " viz., those for (1) Sir George Trenchard, of Wolverton, Dorset; (2) his son in law, Sir John Strangways, of Melbury in that county, "subsequently conspicuous for his opposition to the measures of the Court;" (3) Sir Thomas Walsingham, of Scadbury, Kent, who d. 1639, aged 69; (4) Sir Thomas' cousin german (by the mother), Sir Thomas Barnardiston, of Ketton, Suffolk, who d. 23 Dec., 1619, two of whose great grandsons were, in 1663, createdBaronets. See a fuller account in Her. et Gen., iii, 208—212.
- ↑ This Lucy, in 1756, on the death of Benjamin (Mildmay) Earl FitzWalter, became one of the three coheirs of the Barony of FitzWalter, and was so declared by the House of Lords, 18 July 1844.