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Edward Bacon (ied 1786)
Edward Bacon may refer to: *Edward Bacon (died 1618), High Sheriff of Suffolk, British Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, Tavistock, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and Suffolk * Edward A. Bacon (1897–1968), American businessman and Republican politician *Edward Denny Bacon (1860–1938), British entrepreneur and philatelist *Edward Bacon (died 1786), British Member of Parliament for Callington, Newport, King's Lynn and Norwich *Edward Woolsey Bacon Edward Woolsey Bacon (May 5, 1843 – June 7, 1887) was an American Congregational clergyman, as well as a sailor and a soldier. Biography Bacon was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He came from a family of preachers: he was the son of Leonard Bac ... (1843–1887), American sailor and clergyman * Edward R. Bacon (1848–1915), American railroad executive, lawyer and financier See also * Ed Bacon (other) {{hndis, Bacon, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bacon (died 1618)
Sir Edward Bacon (died 8 September 1618), of Shrubland Hall in the parish of Coddenham in Suffolk, England, was a Member of Parliament and an elder half-brother of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon. Life He was the third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Elizabeth I, by his first wife Jane Fernley, a daughter of William Ferneley of Creeting St Peter in Suffolk. Like his two elder brothers he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and entered Gray's Inn for legal training. He became a Member of Parliament, representing Great Yarmouth (1576–1581) in Suffolk, Tavistock (1584) in Devon, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1586) and the County Seat of Suffolk (1593). He also served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1601, and was knighted in 1603. During the late 1570s Bacon travelled in continental Europe (Paris, Ravenna, Padua, Vienna). He stayed a longer period of time in Geneva, where he visited two leading Protestants Johannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward A
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Denny Bacon
Sir Edward Denny Bacon, KCVO (29 August 1860 – 5 June 1938)Biography in the 's Hall of Fame. was a British who helped with the enlargement and mounting of collections possessed by rich collectors of his timeNicholas Courtney (2004). ''The Queen's Stamps'', pages 138–140. and became the curator of the Royal Philatelic Collection
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Edward Bacon (died 1786)
Edward Bacon (c. 1712–1786) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1748 and 1784. Bacon was the son of Waller Bacon of Earlham, Norfolk. He entered Gray's Inn in 1731. His father died in 1734 and he inherited Earlham Hall. In 1738 he was called to the bar. He married Elizabeth Knight of Southampton on 4 September 1742 Bacon's father had represented Norwich from 1705 to 1734 and in 1739 Bacon was invited to stand with Tory support against the sitting Whig Members for the town. He waited until he had consulted Horace Walpole, the senior sitting Member, who arranged for him to be brought in as Member of Parliament for Kings Lynn in 1742, sitting until the 1747 general election. He was then returned as MP for Callington in a by-election on 21 April 1748 on the Walpole interest. He became Steward of Norwich in 1750 and recorder in 1752, holding the post until 1783. In 1754 Bacon was again invited to stand for Norwich, but declined in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Woolsey Bacon
Edward Woolsey Bacon (May 5, 1843 – June 7, 1887) was an American Congregational clergyman, as well as a sailor and a soldier. Biography Bacon was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He came from a family of preachers: he was the son of Leonard Bacon and the brother of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Thomas Rutherford Bacon of New Haven, and George B. Bacon, all Congregational preachers. In 1861, eighteen-year-old Bacon left home and served in the United States Navy in the Caribbean and on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. He contracted dengue fever and suffered from defective vision; still, after his stint in the Navy he signed up as an infantry officer and led the 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored)—possibly influenced by his father, a staunch abolitionist. His attitudes toward African-Americans was described as "patronizing ... at best," a common view among white officers in charge of colored regiments. He saw severe action in Petersburg, Virginia, and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward R
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
