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Thomas Bacon (politician)
For other people of this name, see Thomas Bacon (disambiguation).
17th-century English politician
Thomas Bacon (c. – ) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in and
Biography
[edit]Bacon was the son of Nathaniel Bacon of Friston, Suffolk, and his wife Anne Le Gros, daughter of Sir Thomas Le Gros of Crostwick, Norfolk. He was a student of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in He entered Gray's Inn in May [1] and was called to the bar in [2] In he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Aldeburgh, Suffolk in for the Convention Parliament.[3]
By his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Brooke of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, and his wife Elizabeth, he was the father of Nathaniel Bacon (), the Virginian colonist leader of Bacon's Rebellion. They also had a daughter. Elizabeth dying in , he married the second time to Martha, daughter of Sir John Reade of Wrangle, Lincolnshire (and widow of Edward Empson of Boston, Lincolnshire), by whom he had another daughter.
Making his will in , he had by then removed to Wandsworth, but still held Alderton Hall Farm in Suffolk, with the mill and mill-house, and the
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Family and Education
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Offices Held
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Biography
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Thomas Bacon (priest)
Anglican clergyman (c. - )
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Bacon when rector at All Saints' Church, Frederick | |
| Born | / Isle of Man |
| Died | May 24, () (aged&#;57) Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, priest |
| Spouses | Unnamed first wife &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;Elizabeth Bozman Belchier &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 5 |
Thomas Bacon (/[1] – ) was an Episcopal priest, musician, poet, publisher and author. Considered the most learned man in Maryland of his day, Bacon is still known as the first compiler of Maryland statutes.
Early years
[edit]The eldest child of mariner William Bacon and his second wife, Elizabeth Richardson, Bacon was probably born a year or so after their marriage. He had an elder half-brother, William, and a younger brother, Anthony (baptised in ). Bacon was either born on the Isle of Man or at his parents' earlier home in Whitehaven, a port town in Cumberland, after which they moved to the island.[2]
He probably received a very good education for his time, because by the mids, Bacon lived in Dublin and worked in the royal customs service. He had previously managed vessels