Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet (c. 1680 or 1686 – 30 April 1755), of

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, Norfolk, was a

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politician who sat in the

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between 1710 and 1741.

Life

Bacon was the eldest son of Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Daniel Chandler. He was admitted at

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on 5 May 1697. Bacon succeeded his father as

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in 1704. In 1710, Bacon stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, a seat he held until 1713. He then represented

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from 1713 until 1715, and again from 1728 until 1741.Sedgwick, R editor
BACON, Sir Edmund, 6th Bt. (c.1680-1755), of Garboldisham, Norfolk
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754.1970. On 27 November 1712, Bacon married Mary Kemp, daughter of

Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet (1667–1734), of Hoxne and Ubbeston, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1734. Biography Kemp was baptized at Ubbeston on 25 June 1667, the eldest ...

at Ubbeston in

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. They had four daughters, but no sons and so with his death the

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devolved to a descendant of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, third son of

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, thus uniting both creations.

References

1680s births 1755 deaths

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