Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet

For other people named Robert Bacon, see Robert Bacon (disambiguation).

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

Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655)[2] was an English landowner.[3]

Life

He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts.[4] He spent most of his life residing in Riborough in Norfolk.[5]

In 1649, Robert Bacon succeeded his older brother Edmund as baronet.[6] Bacon was buried at Ryburgh in Norfolk[4]

Robert Bacon died on 16 December 1655, at Ryburgh, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, a son of his seventh son.[7]

Family

Bacon was married twice.[4] He had nine sons and three daughters by his first wife, Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, of Cambridge.[8] Among his sons were Nathaniel, Edmund, Henry, Francis, and Drury, all of whom died young.[7] The other sons were Nicholas, Hobart, and Robert.[7] Nicholas married Margaret, and Robert married Catherine.[7]

References

  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd., Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 34
  2. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Harvey, William (1878). "Rev. G. H. Dashwood - The Visitation of Norfolk. Vol. I.Norwich: Miller & Leavine. p. 343 - Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Bt of Redgrave". Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  5. ^ Wotton, Thomas (1771). The baronetage of England:containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... To which is added an account of such Nova Scotia baronets as are of English families; and a dictionary of heraldry ... by E. Kimber and R. Johnson. London. hdl:2027/mdp.39015065251160.
  6. ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 3.
  7. ^ a b c d Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 65.
  8. ^ Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 9–10.
Baronetage of England
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