Lacon Baronets
Encyclopedia
The Lacon Baronetcy, of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 December 1818 for Edmund Lacon. The second Baronet was High Sheriff
of Norfolk
. The third Baronet sat as Conservative
Member of Parliament
for Great Yarmouth
and Norfolk North.
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. The third Baronet sat as Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
and Norfolk North.
Lacon Baronets, of Great Yarmouth (1818)
- Sir Edmund Lacon, 1st Baronet (d. 1826)
- Sir Edmund Knowles Lacon, 2nd Baronet (1780–1839)
- Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd BaronetSir Edmund Lacon, 3rd BaronetSir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet was an English brewer and banker and liberal Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1885....
(1807–1888) - Sir Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon, 4th Baronet (1842–1899)
- Sir Edmund Beecroft Heathcote Lacon, 5th Baronet (1878–1911)
- Sir George Haworth Ussher Lacon, 6th Baronet (1881–1950)
- Sir George Vere Francis Lacon, 7th Baronet (1909–1980)
- Sir Edmund Vere Lacon, 8th Baronet (b. 1936)