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Bacon Baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Bacon family, all in the Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary .... As of , one creation is extinct and two of the creations are extant. The extant titles have been merged since 1755. * Bacon baronets of Redgrave (1611) * Bacon baronets of Mildenhall (1627) * Bacon baronets of Gillingham (1662) Set index articles on titles of nobility {{Set index article ...
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Baronetage Of England
Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Persons who have not proven their claims may not be officially styled as baronets. This was ordained by Royal warrant (document), Royal Warrant in February 1910. A baronetcy is considered vacant if the previous holder has died within the previous five years and if no one has proven their succession, and is considered dormant if no one has proven their succession in more than five years after the death of the previous incumbent. All extant baronetcies, including vacant baronetcies, are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including those which are extinct, dormant or forfeit, are on a separ ...
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Bacon Baronets Of Redgrave (1611)
The Bacon baronetcy, of Redgrave, Suffolk, Redgrave in the Suffolk, County of Suffolk, is the premier baronetcy in the Baronetage of England, which was created on 22 May 1611 for Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave, Nicholas Bacon, Member of Parliament for Beverley (UK Parliament constituency), Beverley and Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), Suffolk, and the eldest son of Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper), Sir Nicholas Bacon, a prominent Elizabethan politician. The philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon was his half-brother. Bacon was the first person to be created a baronet. As the baronetcy is the oldest extant Baronetage of England, English baronetcy, the holder is considered the Premier Baronet of England. Bacon's second son Butts Bacon was created a baronet, Bacon baronets of Mildenhall (1627), of Mildenhall, in his own right in 1627 . Bacon was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund, the 2nd Baronet. He represented Eye (UK Parliament constituency), Eye and Norfolk (UK Pa ...
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Bacon Baronets Of Mildenhall (1627)
The Bacon baronetcy, of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1627 for Butts Bacon, seventh son of the 1st Baronet of the 1611 creation.Ledger stone of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet (of Mildenhall), inscribed in Latin (translated): "Here lies Butts Bacon, Baronet, seventh (''septimus'') son of Nicholas Bacon, Premier Baronet of England, who died on 29 May 1661. St Mary's Church, Blundeston, Suffolk His great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), Edmund, the 4th Baronet, represented Orford in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund, the 5th Baronet. He was Member of Parliament for Thetford. His only son, Edmund, the 6th Baronet, died unmarried at an early age in 1750. He was succeeded by his uncle, Henry, the 7th Baronet. He also died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, Richard, the 8th Baronet. In 1755 he succeeded his third cousin once removed as 8th Baronet of Redgrave. For furt ...
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Bacon Baronets Of Gillingham (1662)
The Bacon baronetcy, of Gillingham in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 February 1662 for Nicholas Bacon.He was the son of Nicholas Bacon, fourth son of the 1st Baronet of the 1611 creation, and brother of the 1st Baronet of the 1627 creation. His two sons, the 2nd and 3rd Baronets, both succeeded in the title. They both died young and the title became extinct on the latter's death in 1685. Bacon baronets, of Gillingham (1662) * Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (1623–1666) * Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1660–1683) *Sir Richard Bacon, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ... (c. 1663–1685) Notes {{s-end Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ...
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