The Lacon Baronetcy, of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

. It was created on 11 December 1818 for Edmund Lacon. The second Baronet was

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. The third Baronet sat as

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for

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...

and

Norfolk North Norfolk North was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. It was created by the Br ...

. The family seat has been Ormesby House in

Ormesby St Michael Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. Nearby are Ormesby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, both par ...

Lacon baronets, of Great Yarmouth (1818)

Sir Edmund Lacon, Kt., 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(died 1826) *

Sir Edmund Knowles Lacon, 2nd Baronet Sir Edmund Knowles Lacon, 2nd Baronet (28 February 1780 – 3 June 1839) of Ormesby House (now Ormesby Old Hall), near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk was an English Mayor of Great Yarmouth, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Member of Parliament. He was the on ...

(1780–1839) * Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet (1807–1888) *

Sir Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1842–1899) *

Sir Edmund Beecroft Heathcote Lacon, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1878–1911) *Sir George Haworth Ussher Lacon, DSO, 6th Baronet (1881–1950) *

Sir George Vere Francis Lacon, 7th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...

(1909–1980) * Sir Edmund Vere Lacon, 8th Baronet (1936–2014) * Sir (Edmund) Richard Vere Lacon, 9th Baronet (born 1967) The

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

to the baronetcy is Luke Edmund Lacon (born 2001), only son of the 9th Baronet.

Arms

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baronets, Lacon

Lacon Lacon can refer to: ;People: * Demetrius Lacon (late 2nd century BC), Greek philosopher * Lacon family, a Sardinian dynasty * Lacon baronets, of the English baronetcy * William Lacon (ca. 1540–1609), English politician * Roland Lacon (ca. 1537� ...

People from the Borough of Great Yarmouth