Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655)^[1] was an English landowner.^[2]

Life

He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts.^[3] He spent most of his life residing in Riborough in Norfolk.^[4]

In 1649, Robert Bacon succeeded his older brother Edmund as baronet.^[5] Bacon was buried at Ryburgh in Norfolk

Robert Bacon died on 16 December 1655, at Ryburgh, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, a son of his seventh son.^[6]

Family

Bacon was married twice. He had nine sons and three daughters by his first wife, Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, of Cambridge.^[7] Among his sons were Nathaniel, Edmund, Henry, Francis, and Drury, all of whom died young. The other sons were Nicholas, Hobart, and Robert. Nicholas married Margaret, and Robert married Catherine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225046/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 27 March 2009 .
2. Web site: Rev. G. H. Dashwood - The Visitation of Norfolk. Vol. I.Norwich: Miller & Leavine. p. 343 - Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Bt of Redgrave . 7 March 2017. Harvey . William . 1878 .
3. Web site: ThePeerage - Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Bt . 21 January 2009.
4. Book: Wotton, Thomas. The baronetage of England:containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... To which is added an account of such Nova Scotia baronets as are of English families; and a dictionary of heraldry ... by E. Kimber and R. Johnson.. 1771. London. 2027/mdp.39015065251160.
5. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . fifth . Debrett's Baronetage of England . I . 1824 . London . 3 .
6. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . I . 4th . 1832 . 65 .
7. Book: Kimber, Edward. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Thomas Wotton. 1771. Richard Johnson. I. London. 9–10. Edward Kimber.