Francis Bacon (30 September 1600 – c. September 1663) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1645 and 1660. He supported the

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cause in the

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Life

Bacon was the son of Sir Edward Bacon of

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, son of Queen Elizabeth's Keeper of the Great Seal Sir Nicholas Bacon by his first wife, Jane Ferneley (d. 1552). He was educated at

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. His brother was Nathaniel Bacon. In 1645 Bacon was elected

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(MP) for

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in the

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. In 1654 he was re-elected MP for Ipswich in the

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and was returned in 1656 and 1659 for the

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and

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s.History of Parliament Online – Bacon, Francis
/ref> In April 1660, Bacon was elected for the Convention Parliament which proclaimed the Restoration of Charles II in which he served with his brother Nathaniel and later with Sir

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Bt. He had married Katherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Wingfield of

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, Suffolk; they had six sons (of whom four died before him) and two daughters.

References

External links

A list of the Convention Parliament
1600 births 1663 deaths People from Barham, Suffolk Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Ipswich Politics of Suffolk Roundheads Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge

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