Thomas Bacon (politician)
Thomas Bacon (c. 1620–1697) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1654 and 1660.
Bacon was the son of Nathaniel Bacon of Friston 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 1637. He entered Gray's Inn in 1640 and was called to the bar in 1651.[1] In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1660 for the Convention Parliament.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bacon, Thomas (BCN640N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ History of Parliament Online - Bacon, Thomas
| Preceded by Jacob Caley Francis Brewster Robert Dunkon John Clark Edward Plumstead |
MP for Suffolk 1654-1655 With: Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir T Bedingfield William Bloys John Gurdon William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Barnardiston Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Robert Brewster Daniel Wall |
| Preceded by Laurence Oxburgh John Bence |
MP for Aldeburgh 1660-1661 With: Sir Robert Brooke |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Brooke Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet |