Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet

Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, OBE, DL (born 17 May 1953) is a British landowner, businessman and philanthropist. Sir Nicholas is also the Premier Baronet of England.

Life and education

Sir Nicholas is the son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th and 14th Baronet, and Priscilla Dora Ponsonby, daughter of Colonel Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Dundee University where he was awarded a MA degree. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. Between 1966 and 1969 he served as Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II.^[1]

Family

In 1981, Sir Nicholas married Susan Henrietta Dinnis, and they have four sons:

Henry Hickman Bacon (b. 23 April 1984)
Edmund Bacon (b. 1986)
Nathaniel Bacon (b. 1989)
Thomas Castell Bacon (b. 1992)

Sir Nicholas inherited significant landholdings in Norfolk.

He lives at the 18th century Raveningham Hall. He and his wife, Lady Bacon, share an interest in continuing the restoration of the extensive gardens, which were renovated by his late mother, Priscilla.^[2]

Appointments

Sir Nicholas is President of the Royal Horticultural Society (elected in 2013), a council member of the National Trust and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.

In 2005 he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk. In 2006 he succeeded William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council.^[3]

He is also President of the Norfolk Beekeepers Association.

Sir Nicholas was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to the community in Norfolk.^[4]

Baronetcy

Sir Nicholas inherited the Bacon Baronetcy after the death of his father in 1982.

As the Bacon Baronetcy, of Redgrave in the County of Suffolk, is the oldest extant English baronetcy (created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611), Sir Nicholas is considered the Premier Baronet of England.

Sir Nicholas is both the 14th and 15th Baronet of Bacon since the 8th Bacon Baronet of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk (created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1627), had been additionally appointed the 7th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave in 1755 when his third cousin, the 6th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave, died without heirs.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet

16. Nicholas Bacon

8. Sir Henry Bacon, 10th Baronet of Redgrave

17. Jane Bowker

4. Sir Nicholas Bacon, 12th Baronet of Redgrave

18. Sir Thomas Beckett, 3rd Baronet of Leeds

9. Elizabeth Beckett

19. Caroline Beckett

2. Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet of Redgrave

20. The Hon. Alexander Leslie-Melville

10. Alexander Samuel Leslie-Melville

21. Charlotte Smith

5. Constance Alice Leslie-Melville

22. Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton

11. The Hon. Albina Brodrick

23. The Hon. Emma Stapleton

1. Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet of Redgrave

24. Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley

12. The Hon. Edwin Ponsonby

25. Lady Maria Ponsonby

6. Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet

26. Octavius Edward Coope

13. Emily Dora Coope

27. Emily Fulcher

3. Priscilla Dora Ponsonby

28. Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham

14. Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon

29. Louisa Anne Adams

7. The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs

30. Richard Durrant

15. Anna Maria Durrant

31. Charlotte Still Dashwood

References

Court offices
Preceded by Edward Hay	Page of Honour 1969–1973	Succeeded by Hon. George Herbert
Preceded by The Earl Peel	Lord Warden of the Stannaries 2005–present	Incumbent
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Edmund Bacon	Baronet (of Redgrave and Mildenhall) 1982–present	Incumbent

External links

Raveningham Gardens

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