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Nicholas Bacon (other)
Nicholas Bacon may refer to: * Sir Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper) (1510–1579), English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal * Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave (c. 1540–1624), his son, the first man created a baronet * Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Gillingham (1623–1666), English lawyer * Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet (born 1953), Premier Baronet of England, lawyer, and Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II * Nicholas Bacon (Ipswich MP) (1622–1687), M.P. for Ipswich, 1685–1687 {{hndis, Bacon, Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)
Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (philosopher), Francis Bacon. Life He was born at Chislehurst, Kent, the second son of Robert Bacon (1479–1548) of Drinkstone, Suffolk, by his wife Eleanor (Isabel) Cage. He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1527, and, after a period in Paris, he entered Gray's Inn, being called to the Bar in 1533. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII gave him a grant of the manors of Redgrave, Suffolk, Redgrave, Botesdale and Gislingham in Suffolk, and Gorhambury, Hertfordshire. Gorhambury belonged to St Albans Abbey and lay near the site of the vanished Roman city of Verulamium (modern day St Albans). From 1563 to 1568 he built a new house, Old Gorhambury House (now a ruin), which later became the home of Francis Bacon (philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, Of Redgrave
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (ca. 1540 – 22 November 1624), of Redgrave, Suffolk, English Member of Parliament. In 1611 he became the first man to be made a baronet. Bacon would serve on many commissions. The Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Council constantly called upon him to conduct inquiries. He was a Puritans, puritan leader in Suffolk. The power and prestige of the puritan Minister (Christianity), ministries in many areas of the country owed their power to Bacon. Sir Nicholas Bacon was considered a good Christian by his contemporaries. Especially his chaplain, Robert Allen. Robert Allen stated that Sir Bacon's wife was dedicated to "God's holy religion and worship by every good and Christian means in the sight of men." Biography Bacon was born the eldest son of Nicholas Bacon (courtier), Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and his first wife, Jane Ferneley. He was the half-brother of Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon. Nicholas was educated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, Of Gillingham
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (1623–1666) was an English lawyer, and one of the Bacon baronets. On 18 June 1639, he was admitted to Gray's Inn. On 7 February 1662, he was created 1st Baronet Bacon, of Gillingham in Norfolk, England. His father, Nicholas Bacon of Gillingham, was the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (ca. 1540 – 22 November 1624), of Redgrave, Suffolk, English Member of Parliament. In 1611 he became the first man to be made a baronet. Bacon would serve on many commissions. The Privy Council of the United K ...; his mother was Nicholas Bacon's second wife, Margaret D'Arcy. He married Elizabeth Freeston. References External links'Clavering Hundred: Gillingham', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 8, pp. 9–13. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78394 Date accessed: 23 July 2010. 1623 births 1666 deaths Baronets in the Baronetag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet
Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, (born 17 May 1953) is a British landowner, businessman and philanthropist. Sir Nicholas is also the Premier Baronet of England. Life and education Bacon is the only son of Sir Edmund Bacon, KG, 13th and 14th Baronet, and Priscilla Dora Ponsonby, daughter of Colonel Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet. Educated at Eton College before going up to Dundee University where he graduated as MA, Bacon was then called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. Between 1966 and 1969 he served as Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II. Family Married to Susan Henrietta Dinnis in 1981, Sir Nicholas and Lady Bacon have four sons: *Henry Hickman Bacon (b. 23 April 1984) *Edmund Bacon (b. 1986) *Nathaniel Bacon (b. 1989) *Thomas Castell Bacon (b. 1992) Bacon inherited significant landholdings in Norfolk. Seated at the 18th century Raveningham Hall, he and his wife, Lady Bacon, share an interest in continuing the restoration of the extensive gardens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
