Francis Bacon (Ipswich MP)

Francis Bacon (30 September 1600 – c. September 1663) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.

Life

Francis Bacon was the son of Sir Edward Bacon of Shrubland, Barham, Suffolk and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] He was the brother of Nathaniel Bacon.

In 1645 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich in the Long Parliament. In 1654 he was re-elected MP for Ipswich in the First Protectorate Parliament and was returned in 1656 and 1659 for the Second and Third Protectorate Parliaments.[2]

In April 1660, Bacon was elected for the Convention Parliament which proclaimed the Restoration of Charles II[3] in which he served with his brother Nathaniel and later with Sir Frederick Cornwallis Bt.

He had married Katherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk ; they had six sons (of whom four died before him) and two daughters.

References

  1. ^ Bacon, Francis in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  2. ^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Gurdon
William Cage		 Member of Parliament for Ipswich
1645-1653
With: John Gurdon		 Succeeded by
Not represented in the Barebones Parliament
Preceded by
Not represented in the Barebones Parliament		 Member of Parliament for Ipswich
1654-1660
With: Nathaniel Bacon 1654-1660
Sir Frederick Cornwallis Bt 1660		 Succeeded by
John Sicklemore
William Blois