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

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Life and education

Bacon is the only son of Sir Edmund Bacon, KG, 13th and 14th Baronet, and Priscilla Dora Ponsonby, daughter of

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Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet. Educated at

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before going up to

Dundee University , mottoeng = "My soul doth magnify the Lord" , established = 1967 – gained independent university status by Royal Charter1897 – Constituent college of the University of St Andrews1881 – University College , t ...

where he graduated as MA, Bacon was then

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. Between 1966 and 1969 he served as

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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 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 ...

. 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 The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nort ...

(2013 to 2020) and a Council Member of the

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, and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. In 2005, he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the

Duchy of Cornwall The Duchy of Cornwall ( kw, Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch obtains possession of the duchy and the title of 'Duke of Cornwall' at ...

and served as

High Sheriff of Norfolk The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other imp ...

. In 2006 he succeeded the 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, as

Lord Warden of the Stannaries The Lord Warden of the Stannaries (from la, stannum for Tin, Sn) used to exercise judicial and military functions in Cornwall, England, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the monarch or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, h ...

and Chairman of the Prince's Council. He is also President of the Norfolk Beekeepers Association, which is his greatest passion. Bacon was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours 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 2023 New Year Honours for his services as Lord Warden of the Stannaries.

Baronetcy

Bacon inherited the Bacon baronetcy upon the death of his

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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

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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Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

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