Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet, of Redgrave

Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet (c. 1686 – 30 April 1755) was a British politician.

Life

Edmund Bacon was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet and Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Daniel Chandler. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Bacon succeeded his father as baronet in 1704. In 1710, he stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Thetford, a seat he held until 1713. He then represented Norfolk from 1713 until 1715, and again from 1728 until 1741.

On 27 November 1712, Bacon married Mary Kemp, daughter of Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet at Ubbeston in Suffolk. They had four daughters, but no sons and so with his death the baronetcy devolved to a descendant of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave, thus uniting both creations.

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Thomas Hanmer Dudley North	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1710–1713 With: Dudley North	Succeeded by Sir William Barker Dudley North
Preceded by Sir John Wodehouse Sir Jacob Astley	Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1713–1715 With: Sir Jacob Astley	Succeeded by Thomas de Grey Sir Jacob Astley
Preceded by Sir John Hobart Sir Thomas Coke	Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1728–1741 With: Harbord Harbord 1728–1734 William Wodehouse 1734–1737 Armine Wodehouse 1737–1741	Succeeded by Armine Wodehouse Viscount Coke
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Edmund Bacon	Baronet (of Redgrave) 1704–1755	Succeeded by Richard Bacon