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Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655)[2] was an English landowner.[3]
He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts.[4] He spent most of his life residing in Riborough in Norfolk.[5]
In 1649, Robert Bacon succeeded his older brother Edmund as baronet.[6] Bacon was buried at Ryburgh in Norfolk[4]
Robert Bacon died on 16 December 1655, at Ryburgh, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, a son of his seventh son.[7]
Bacon was married twice.[4] He had nine sons and three daughters by his first wife, Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, of Cambridge.[8] Among his sons were Nathaniel, Edmund, Henry, Francis, and Drury, all of whom died young.[7] The other sons were Nicholas, Hobart, and Robert.[7] Nicholas married Margaret, and Robert married Catherine.[7]
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