Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet, of Redgrave
Sir Edmund Bacon 2nd Baronet of Redgrave | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1570 |
| Died | 10 April 1649 |
| Education | Corpus Christi College |
| Title | Baronet of Redgrave |
| Predecessor | Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet of Redgrave |
| Spouse(s) | Phillipa Watton |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Anne Bacon Drury (Sister) Dorothy Bacon Colby (Sister) Robert Bacon (Brother) |
| Family | Bacon Baronets |
| Honours | Knight 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]
Due to his family influence, he became 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]
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.
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] Her uncle, the diplomat Henry Wotton often came to Redgrave Hall to visit his "sweet niece". He enjoyed their company and wrote "there is in their conversations, and in the freedom of their entertaintment, a kind of delightful violence". After Lady Bacon's death in 1626, Henry Wotton wrote to Bacon mentioning the monument of "his own excellent invention" which he had built for her at St Mary's Church, Redgrave.[6]
Edmund Bacon died on 10 April 1649 and was buried in Redgrave, Suffolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Robert.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Bacon, Edmund (BCN584E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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) - ^ Logan Pearsall Smith, Life and letters of Sir Henry Wotton, vol. 2 (Oxford, 1907), pp. 288-9, 405-6.
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