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Sir
Edmund Bacon
2nd Baronet of Redgrave
Born1570
Died10 April 1649
EducationCorpus Christi College
TitleBaronet of Redgrave
PredecessorSir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet of Redgrave
SpousePhillipa Watton
Parents
  • Sir Nicholas Bacon (father)
  • Anne Butts Bacon (mother)
RelativesAnne Bacon Drury (Sister) Dorothy Bacon Colby (Sister) Robert Bacon (Brother)
FamilyBacon Baronets
HonoursKnight of the Shire

Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1570 – 10 April 1649)[1] was an English baronet and politician. He was a very wealthy man. Having around £6,000.[2] During Edmund's life he would have many intellectual pursuits. Edmund Bacon would often talk to his uncle, Francis Bacon about his scientific experiments.[2] Edmund's love of knowledge was the reason he was friends with Sir Henry Wotton. Edmund's beliefs about religion are unknown, although he was described by a Puritan chaplain named Robert Allen as "Lovers of piety and justice, and friends to the church of God.[2]"

Biography

He was born in 1570 as the oldest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk and his wife Anne Butts.[2] He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and admitted to Gray's Inn in 1586.[3] In 1624, Bacon succeeded his father as baronet.[4] With the help of his family, he got a seat as Member of Parliament for Eye from 1588 to 1589. Later he would become a member of parliament for Suffolk in 1593 and 1625. Also due to his family influence, he had become a Knight of the Shire while still in his twenties.[2] On 26 February 1593 he would serve on a subsidy committee. Later on 9 March in 1593 he served on a legal committee.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1634.[2] Bacon married Philippa Wotton, daughter of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton.[5] Their marriage was childless.[5] He was buried in Redgrave, Suffolk after his death on 10 April 1649. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Robert.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Bacon, Edmund (BCN584E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 3. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ a b c Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 8–9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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