Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet
Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet (7 August 1693 – 4 October 1738), of Gillingham, Norfolk, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1738. Early life Bacon was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet of Mildenhall, and his first wife Philippa Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet of Redgrave. He attended school in Beccles and Bishop Stortford and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge in 1710. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1714 and from 1716 to 1720 he was a fellow at Cambridge. In 1721, he succeeded his father to the baronetcy. He married Susan Rebow, daughter of Sir Isaac Rebow, of Colchester, on 7 November 1724, at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace. Career At the 1722 British general election, Bacon was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Thetford. He made his first recorded speech on 12 November 1724, when he seconded the Address. He spoke for the Government on the army on 23 November 1724 and 25 January 1727, and on a vote of credit on 12 April 1727. At the 1727 British general election he was returned again for Thetford