Bacon of Redgrave (1611)

This baronetcy was created for Nicholas Bacon, Member of Parliament for Beverley (1563-1567) and Suffolk (1572_1583) and the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, a prominent Elizabethan politician. As it is the oldest extant English baronetcy, the holder is considered the Premier Baronet of England. Redgrave Manor, the former family seat in Suffolk, was bought by the elder Nicholas from Henry VIII in 1542 and substantially restored between 1545 and 1554. It was the seat of the Bacon family until debts forced the fifth baronet, Sir Robert Bacon, to sell the estate in 1702 to Sir John Holt.

Sir Richard, the seventh baronet, succeeded to the baronetcy of Mildenhall in 1753, and on his accession to that of Redgrave in 1755 the two have remained merged.

• Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (c. 1540-1624)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1570-1649)
• Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet (d. 1655)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet (d. 1685)
• Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet (d. 1704)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet (c. 1680-1755)
• Sir Richard Bacon, 7th Baronet (1695-1773)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 8th Baronet (1749-1820)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 9th Baronet (1779-1864)
• Sir Henry Hickman Bacon, 10th Baronet (1820_1872)
• Sir Hickman Beckett Bacon, 11th Baronet (1855_1945)
• Sir Nicholas Henry Bacon, 12th Baronet (1857_1947)
• Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, 13th Baronet (1903_1982)
• Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th Baronet (b. 1953)

Bacon of Mildenhall (1627)

Butts Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, the first baronet of the Redgrave creation.

• Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet (d. 1661)
• Sir Henry Bacon, 2nd Baronet (d. 1670)
• Sir Henry Bacon, 3rd Baronet (d. 1686)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet (1672-1721)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet (1693-1738)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet (1725-1750)
• Sir Henry Bacon, 7th Baronet (1693-1753)
• Sir Richard Bacon, 7th Baronet (1695-1773) (numbered according to the Redgrave line)
• for further succession, see Bacon of Redgrave

Bacon of Gillingham (1662)

Nicholas Bacon was a grandson of Sir Nicholas Bacon by his fourth son.

• Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (1623-1666)
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1660-1683)
• Sir Richard Bacon, 3rd Baronet (c. 1663-1685)

References

• Redgrave Park (http://www.holt-wilson.freeserve.co.uk/bacons.htm)
• Norfolk Heraldry (http://www.norfolkheraldry.co.uk/awebpages/Bacon.htm)
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/)