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Bacon, of Mildenhall, co. Suffolk (E Baronet, 1627)

Creation: let.pat. 29 Jul 1627

Family name: Bacon

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Arms:

Gules on a Chief Argent two Mullets pierced Sable

Crest:

A Boar passant Ermine

Motto:

Mediocria firma (Moderation is stable)

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Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Bt.

3rd son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt., of Redgrave Hall, co. Suffolk, by his wife Anne Butts, dau. and hrss. of Edmund Butts, of Thornage, co. Norfolk

born

mar.

Dorothy Jermyn (widow of Robert Jermyn; d. 4 Sep 1657; bur. at Blundeston, co. Norfolk), dau. of Sir Henry Warner, of Parham and Mildenhall, co. Suffolk

only child

1. Sir Henry Bacon, 2nd Bt.

died

29 May 1661 (bur. at Blundeston, co. Norfolk)

created

29 Jul 1627 a Baronet of England, styled "of Mildenhall, co. Suffolk"

suc. by

son

Sir Henry Bacon, 2nd Bt.

born

mar.

Barbara Gooch, dau. of William Gooch, of Mettringham, co. Suffolk

children

1. Sir Henry Bacon, 3rd Bt.

1. Anne Bacon (dsp.), mar. her second cousin Sir Richard Bacon, 3rd Bt., of Gillingham, co. Norfolk

died

bef. 1671

suc. by

son

Sir Henry Bacon, 3rd Bt.

born

mar.

29 Jun 1671 Sarah Castleton (d. 3 Feb 1727; bur .at Gillingham, co. Norfolk), dau. of Sir John Castleton, 2nd Bt., of Shipdom, co. Norfolk, and Sturston, co. Suffolk, by his wife Margaret Morse, dau. and hrss. of Robert Morse, of Sturston, co. Suffolk

only child

1. Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt.

bur.

13 Jan 1685/6 at Gillingham, co. Norfolk

suc. by

son

note

inherited the Gillingham, co. Norfolk, estate from his sister's husband, Sir Richard Bacon, 3rd Bt., of Gillingham, co. Norfolk

Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt.

bapt.

6 Apr 1672

mar. (1)

Dec 1688 his third cousin Philippa Bacon (bapt. 29 Jul 1672; bur. 12 Jul 1710 at Gillingham, co. Norfolk), 4th dau. and cohrss. of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt., of Redgrave, co. Suffolk, by his wife Elizabeth Crane, 4th dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Crane, 1st Bt., of Chilton, co. Suffolk, by his wife Susan Alington, 3rd dau. of Sir Giles Alington, of Horseheath, co. Cambridge, by his wife Lady Dorothy Cecil, 7th dau. by his first wife of Thomas [Cecil], 1st Earl of Exeter

children by first wife

1. Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Bt.

2. Sir Henry Bacon, 7th Bt.

3. Sir Richard Bacon, 8th Bt., of Mildenhall, and 7th Bt., of Redgrave

mar. (2)

16 Apr 1713 Mary Castell, dau. of John Castell, of Raveningham, co. Norfolk

children by second wife

4. Castell Bacon, of Raveningham, co. Norfolk (b. 1713; d. 13 Apr 1770), mar. Elizabeth Dashwood, dau. of Richard Dashwood, of Cley, co. Norfolk, and had issue:

1a. Sir Edmund Bacon, 8th Bt., of Redgrave, and 9th Bt., of Mildenhall

2a. Dashwood Bacon, of Ottery St Mary, co. Devon (b. 1752; d. 1812), mar. Anne Barbara Ogilvie, dau. of ..... Ogilvie, of the Island of St Christopher, planter, and had issue

1. Mary Bacon (d. 1756), mar. Philip Bedingfield, of Ditchingham, co. Norfolk (b. 1716; d. 1791), and had issue

died

10 Jul 1721 (bur. at Gillingham, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament for Orford 1700-08

Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Bt.

born

7 Aug 1692

mar.

7 Nov 1724 Susan Rebow (b. Sep 1687; d. after 1771), dau. of Sir Isaac Rebow, of Colchester, co. Essex

children

1. Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Bt.

1. Susan Bacon, mar. Francis Schutz

died

4 Oct 1738 (bur. at Gillingham, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Thetford 1727-38

Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Bt.

born

7 Aug 1725

died

6 Apr 1750 (bur. at Gillingham, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

uncle

Sir Henry Bacon, 7th Bt.

born

5 Oct 1693

bur.

10 Apr 1753 at Gillingham, co. Norfolk

suc. by

brother

Sir Richard Bacon, 8th Bt., of Mildenhall, and 7th Bt., of Redgrave

note

suc. his second cousin once removed, Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Bt., 30 Apr 1755 as 7th Baronet, styled "of Redgrave, co. Suffolk"

Since 30 Apr 1755 the Baronetcy of Bacon of Mildenhall has been held concurrently with the Baronetcy of Bacon of Redgrave.

First written 20 Sep 2008

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