Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet (7 August 1693 – 4 October 1738) was a British

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 politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet

Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet

Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet was an English politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Henry Bacon, 3rd Baronet and his wife Sarah Castleton, daughter of Sir John Castleton, 2nd Baronet. In 1686, he succeeded his father as baronet. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge...

 and his first wife Philippa Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet, of Redgrave. He attended school in Beccles

Beccles

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 and Bishop Stortford before studying at Caius College, Cambridge. In 1721, he succeeded his father as baronet

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. Between 1722 and 1738, Bacon was a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Thetford

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.

On 7 November 1724, Bacon married Susan Rebow, daughter of Sir Isaac Rebow at the Chapel Royal

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 in St James's Palace. They had a daughter and two sons. Bacon died at Bath, Somerset and was buried at Gillingham, Norfolk

Gillingham, Norfolk

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, two weeks later. Edmund, his only surviving son, succeeded to the baronetcy.