Edmund Bacon Bt MP (bef. 1672 - 1721)

Born before 6 Apr 1672 in Stuston, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Philippa Bacon — married 8 Jan 1689 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England

Husband of Mary (Castell) Bacon — married 16 Apr 1713 in Raveningham, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1721 after age 49 in Gillingham, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Sir Edmund Bacon (1672-1721), 4th Baronet Bacon, of Mildenhall, Tory MP for Orford, Suffolk (1700-08), although not very engaged by either parliamentary or constituency affairs.

Background

He was the only son of Sir Henry Bacon (1644-86), 3rd Bt, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Sir John Castleton, 2nd Bt, of Shipdham (Norfolk) and Sturston (Suffolk), baptised at Sturston on 6 April 1672.

Educated at Botesdale and St John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1687).

Career

He succeeded his father as 4th Bt, 13 January 1685/6. Freeman of Dunwich (Suffk), 1694-1701?, 1708 and Orford (Suffk), 1695-1704, 1709-14; Tory MP for Orford (Suffk), 1700-08.

It was probably he rather than his namesake of Garboldisham who was seriously wounded in a duel with a Whig squire in Suffolk shortly after the general election in 1708, and who was admitted into the Duke of Beaufort’s ‘loyal brotherhood’ in 1709, only to be expelled for non-attendance.

Marriages and family

He married 1ly, 8 January 1688/9 at Redgrave, his cousin, Philippa Bacon (1672-1710), fourth daughter and co-heir of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt, of Redgrave, and had 11 issue.

He married 2ly, 16 April 1713 at Raveningham, Mary Castell (died 1758), daughter and sole heiress of John Castell of Raveningham (Norfk), and had 4 issue.

Estate

He inherited Gillingham Hall and Herringfleet from his father in 1686 and sold the latter to the Allins of Somerleyton in 1703. His widow inherited Raveningham Hall in 1735 and at her death in 1758 it passed to their son, Castell Bacon (1714-70).

Death and burial

He died 10 July and was buried at Gillingham, 17 July 1721. His first wife was buried at Gillingham, 12 July 1710. His widow was buried at Gillingham, 1 October 1758.

Sources

Landed Families of Britain and Ireland [1]

• History of Parliament online 1690-1715: BACON, Sir Edmund, 4th Bt. (1672-1721), of Gillingham, Norf

• "The family of Castleton, of Stuston Hall, Co. Suffolk", The East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects Connected with the Counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Norfolk, Volume 3 (1869):249-250 books.google.com