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

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where he graduated as MA, Bacon was then

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at Gray's Inn. Between 1966 and 1969 he served as Page of Honour to

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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 Raveningham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England, about south-east of Norwich. There are 10 acres of gardens, and it has a rural estate of 5,500 acres. It is home to Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, and his family.

, he and his wife, Lady Bacon, share an interest in continuing the restoration of the extensive gardens, which were renovated by his late mother, Priscilla.

Appointments

Bacon was President of the Royal Horticultural Society (2013 to 2020) and a Council Member of the National Trust, and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. In 2005, he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the

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and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk. In 2006 he succeeded the 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council. He is also President of the Norfolk Beekeepers Association, which is his greatest passion. Bacon was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to the community in Norfolk and

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(KCVO) in the

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for his services as Lord Warden of the Stannaries.

Baronetcy

Bacon inherited the Bacon baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1982. As the Bacon baronetcy, of Redgrave in the County of Suffolk, is the oldest extant English baronetcy (created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611), Sir Nicholas is considered the Premier Baronet of England. Bacon is both the 14th and 15th holder of the Bacon baronetcies since the 8th Bacon Baronet of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk (created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1627), additionally succeeded as the 7th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave in 1755 when his third cousin, the 6th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave, died without heirs.www.burkespeerage.com
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Ancestry

References

External links

Raveningham Gardens
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