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Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet, of Redgrave

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Arms of Bacon: Gules, on a chief argent two mullets pierced sable[1]

Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet (c. 1680 or 1686 – 30 April 1755), of Garboldisham, Norfolk, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1741.

Life

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Bacon was the eldest son of Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Daniel Chandler.[2] He was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 5 May 1697.[3] Bacon succeeded his father as baronet in 1704.[2]

In 1710, Bacon stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Thetford, a seat he held until 1713. He then represented Norfolk from 1713 until 1715, and again from 1728 until 1741.[4]

On 27 November 1712, Bacon married Mary Kemp, daughter of Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet at Ubbeston in Suffolk.[2] They had four daughters, but no sons and so with his death the baronetcy devolved to a descendant of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave, thus uniting both creations.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.34
  2. ^ a b c d Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1900), Complete Baronetage volume 1 (1611–1625), vol. 1, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 1, retrieved 13 April 2019
  3. ^ "Bacon, Edmund (BCN697E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Sedgwick, R editor. BACON, Sir Edmund, 6th Bt. (c.1680-1755), of Garboldisham, Norfolk. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754.1970.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Thetford
17101713
With: Dudley North
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Norfolk
17131715
With: Sir Jacob Astley
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Norfolk
1728–1741
With: Harbord Harbord 1728–1734
William Wodehouse 1734–1737
Armine Wodehouse 1737–1741
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Edmund Bacon
Baronet
(of Redgrave)
1704–1755
Succeeded by
Richard Bacon