Biography of Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet 1680-1755
Paternal Family Tree: Bacon
On or before 18 Nov 1680 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet was born to Robert Bacon 5th Baronet (age 28). He was baptised on 18 Nov 1680 at Little Walsingham, Norfolk.
On 12 Sep 1685 Edmund Bacon 4th Baronet (age 52) died. His first cousin [his father] Robert Bacon 5th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 5th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.
On 05 May 1697 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 16) was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge University; he didn't take a degree.
On 31 Jan 1704 [his father] Robert Bacon 5th Baronet (age 52) died. His son Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 23) succeeded 6th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.
In 1710 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Thetford which seat he held until 1713.
On 27 Nov 1712 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 32) and Mary Kemp Lady Bacon (age 19) were married at Ubbeston, Suffolk. She by marriage Lady Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. They had five daughters.
In 1713 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1715.
Around 1715 [his daughter] Letitia Bacon Lady Woodhouse was born to Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 34) and [his wife] Mary Kemp Lady Bacon (age 21).
In 1726 [his daughter] Sarah Bacon was born to Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 45) and [his wife] Mary Kemp Lady Bacon (age 32).
In 1727 [his wife] Mary Kemp Lady Bacon (age 33) died.
On 26 Jun 1728 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1741.
On 18 Dec 1734 [his former father-in-law] Robert Kemp 3rd Baronet (age 67) died at Ufford, Suffolk. His son [his former brother-in-law] Robert Kemp 4th Baronet (age 35) succeeded 4th Baronet Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.
In 1738 [his son-in-law] Armine Wodehouse 5th Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Letitia Bacon Lady Woodhouse (age 23) were married.
On 15 Feb 1752 [his former brother-in-law] Robert Kemp 4th Baronet (age 52) died unmarried. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Gissing. His brother [his former brother-in-law] John Kemp 5th Baronet (age 51) succeeded 5th Baronet Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.
On 20 Sep 1752 [his son-in-law] Pryse Campbell (age 25) and [his daughter] Sarah Bacon (age 26) were married.
On 30 Apr 1755 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 74) died. His second cousin once removed Richard Baron 8th and 7th Baronet (age 60) succeeded 7th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The two Baronetcies of Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk and Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in Suffolk were combined.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bacon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel or Eleanor Cage
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferneley of West Creeting in Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Ferneley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bacon 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Butts
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butts
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Butts
GrandFather: Butts Bacon
Father: Robert Bacon 5th Baronet