Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655) was an

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politician.

Life

He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts. He spent most of his life residing in Riborough in

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. In 1649, Robert Bacon succeeded his older brother

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. Bacon was buried at Ryburgh in

Robert Bacon died on 16 December 1655, at Ryburgh, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the

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, a son of his seventh son.

Family

Bacon was married two times. He had nine sons and three daughters by his first wife, Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, of

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. Some of his sons were Nathaniel, Edmund, Henry, Francis, and Drury. Those sons all died while young. The other sons were named Nicholas, Hobart, and Robert. Nicholas would marry a woman named Margaret, and Robert married a woman named Catherine.

References

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English MPs 1621–1622