CREATIONS
[e.]
BY JAMES
Colchester. She d. 6 Jan. 1725/6, and was bur. in Trinity church, Colchester. He m. secondly, 18 July 1729, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Lucy,[1] 1st da. of Thomas Gardiner, of Tollesbury, Essex, by Lucy, 2d da. and coheir of Henry Mildmay, of Graces in that co. She, who was b. 30 Jan. and bap. 12 Feb. 1691, at Little Baddow, Essex, d. s.p. 17 and was bur. 22 Aug. 1765, at Trinity church aforesaid. He d. s.p.s. 26 March, and was also bur. there 11 April 1773. Will dat. 21 Jan. 1773, pr. 14 April 1773.
VIII and IX. 1773. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Raveningham Hall, Norfolk, nephew and h., being s. and h. of Castell Bacon, of the same, by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Dashwood, of Cley, Norfolk, which Castell was a yr. s. (1st s. by the 2d wife, Mary, da. of John Castell, of Raveningham aforesaid) of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bart, of the creation of 29 July 1627, he being a yr. br. of Sir Richard Bacon, 8th Bart. of that creation, and 7th Bart. of the creation of 11 May 1611, above named. This Edmund was b. 14 Oct. 1749, at Raveningham, in which estate he suc. his father, 13 April 1770, three years before the death, 26 March 1773, of his uncle (of the half blood), whereby he suc. to the Baronetcies. He m. 29 Jan. 1778, at St. Marylebone, Anne, 1st da. of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Bart. [1745], and K.B., by his 1st wife, Jane, da. of Christopher Tower, of Iver, Bucks. She, who was b. 8 Aug. 1749, d. 26 Aug. 1813, and was bur. at Raveningham. He d. 5 Sep. 1820, and was bur. there. Will pr. Oct. 1820.
IX and X. 1820. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Raveningham Hall aforesaid, s. and h.; b. 6 July 1779, at Raveningham, and bap. there; suc. to the Baronetcies, 5 Sep. 1820. He m. 27 Aug. 1801, at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, Mary Anne Elizabeth, da. of his paternal uncle, Dashwood Bacon, of Ottery St. Mary, by Anne Barbara, da. of (—) Ogilvie, of the island of St. Christopher, planter. She d. 24 Oct. 1820, and was bur. at Raveningham. He d. s.p.m.s. 30 May 1864, at Raveningham Hall, aged 84.
X and XI. 1864. Sir Henry Hickman Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Thonock Hall, near Gainsborough, co. Lincoln, nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Nicholas Bacon, of Blundeston, Suffolk, by Jane, 2d da. of Alexander Bowker, of Lynn, which Nicholas (who d. 1863, aged 77), was yr. br. of the last Bart. He was b. 5 April 1820, at Blundeston and bap. there; ed. at Sandhurst, was sometime Capt. in the 3d Dragoon Guards; suc. to the Baronetcies, 30 May 1864; Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1867. He m. 17 March 1853, at Corringham, Elizabeth, yst. da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Beckett, 3d Bart. [1813], of Somerby Park, by Caroline, da. of Joseph Beckett, of Barnsley, co. York. He d. 14 Nov. 1872, at Thonock Hall, aged 52. His widow d. there, 29 Nov. 1885, aged 59. Both bur. at Raveningham.
XI and XII. 1872. Sir Hickman Beckett Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Thonock Hall aforesaid, s. and h. He was b. 14 April 1855, at Thonock, and bap. at Gainsborough. He suc. to the Baronetcies, 14 Nov. 1872; Lieut. Gren. Guards, 1877-78; Sheriff for Lincolnshire, 1887. F.S.A.
Family Estates.—These, in 1883, were 3,377 acres in Lincolnshire, worth £5,358 a year. Seat.—Thonock Hall, near Gainsborough, co. Lincoln.
MOLYNEUX
cr. 22 May 1611,
afterwards, 1628-1771, Viscounts Molyneux of Maryborough [I.],
and subsequently, since 1771, Earls of Sefton [I.].
I. 1611. "Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, co. Lancaster, Knt.," s. and h. of William Molyneux, by Bridget, da. of John Caryll of Warnham, co. Sussex, which William (who d. v.p. 1567), was 1st s. and h. ap. of
- ↑ This Lucy, in 1756, on the death of Benjamin (Mildmay) Earl FitzWalter, became one of the three coheirs of the Barony of FitzWalter, and was so declared by the House of Lords, 18 July 1844.
