A Member of the Parliament in 1545, he later held a succession of appointments, the most important of which was Lord keeper of the Great Seal, shortly after becoming a Privy Councillor and receiving a knighthood. His son by his second marriage was Sir Francis Bacon.
∼Second son of Robert Bacon (1479–1548) of Drinkstone, Suffolk, by his wife Eleanor (Isabel) Cage; he was born at Chislehurst, which was then in the county of Kent
Sir Nicholas married secondly to Anne Cooke, daughter of the noted humanist Anthony Cooke; Anne was the mother of Sir Francis Bacon
Father of the English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author, Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor (1561 - 1626), who was baptized in this same church on 25 January 1561
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England
Sir Nicholas Bacon died at his estate of Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire (near present-day St. Albans). Burial took place in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London on 9 March 1579. His name was recorded in the Parish Registry of St. Martin in the Fields and St. Paul, Covent Garden as follows: "Do'n's Nicholaus Bacon Eques Dominus Custoditor magni sigilli Anglie". His grave and monument in the old Saint Paul's were destroyed 1666 during the Great Fire of London. A modern monument in the crypt lists his as one of the important graves lost.
[Reference: "A register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, from 1550 to 1619", pages vii & 123, edited by Thomas Mason, Librarian of the Public Library of St. Martin in the Fields and St. Paul, Covent Garden, and Clerk to the Council and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; published by The Harleian Society, London 1898]
**A biography for Sir Nicholas Bacon can be viewed at Wikipedia.com**
A Member of the Parliament in 1545, he later held a succession of appointments, the most important of which was Lord keeper of the Great Seal, shortly after becoming a Privy Councillor and receiving a knighthood. His son by his second marriage was Sir Francis Bacon.
∼Second son of Robert Bacon (1479–1548) of Drinkstone, Suffolk, by his wife Eleanor (Isabel) Cage; he was born at Chislehurst, which was then in the county of Kent
Sir Nicholas married secondly to Anne Cooke, daughter of the noted humanist Anthony Cooke; Anne was the mother of Sir Francis Bacon
Father of the English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author, Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor (1561 - 1626), who was baptized in this same church on 25 January 1561
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England
Sir Nicholas Bacon died at his estate of Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire (near present-day St. Albans). Burial took place in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London on 9 March 1579. His name was recorded in the Parish Registry of St. Martin in the Fields and St. Paul, Covent Garden as follows: "Do'n's Nicholaus Bacon Eques Dominus Custoditor magni sigilli Anglie". His grave and monument in the old Saint Paul's were destroyed 1666 during the Great Fire of London. A modern monument in the crypt lists his as one of the important graves lost.
[Reference: "A register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, from 1550 to 1619", pages vii & 123, edited by Thomas Mason, Librarian of the Public Library of St. Martin in the Fields and St. Paul, Covent Garden, and Clerk to the Council and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; published by The Harleian Society, London 1898]
**A biography for Sir Nicholas Bacon can be viewed at Wikipedia.com**
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