Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (1623–1666) was an English lawyer, and one of the

Bacon baronets There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Bacon family, all in the Baronetage of England. As of 2008, one creation is extinct and two of the creations are extant. The extant titles have been merged since 1755. The Bacon baro ...

. On 18 June 1639, he was admitted to

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

. On 7 February 1662, he was created 1st Baronet Bacon, of Gillingham in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, 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.

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'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 Baronetage of England People from South Norfolk (district) {{England-baronet-stub