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Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon .
Upon the accession of Elizabeth, Bacon was made lord keeper of the great seal. In this position he worked with Elizabeth’s chief minister, Sir William Cecil (later Lord Burghley), to maintain the relatively moderate Protestantism of the Elizabethan church.
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Apr 30, 2022 · Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
- 1510
- Lord Keeper, Lord Chancellor of England
- Chiselhurst, Kent, England
SIR NICHOLAS BACON, (1509-1579), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, was the second son of Robert Bacon of Drinkstone, Suffolk, and was born at Chislehurst. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1527, and afterwards spent some time in Paris.
Jan 8, 2024 · Sir Nicolas Bacon was a lawyer and a minister in the governments of several Tudor sovereigns, most notably Lord Keeper of the Great Seal for Queen Elizabeth I and acting Lord Chancellor. Family. Nicholas Bacon (1510-1578/9) was the second son of Robert Bacon, sheep-reeve of the Abbey of Bury St Edmund's, and his wife Isabella Cage.
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- Jane (Fernley) Bacon, Anne (Cooke) Bacon
Sir Nicholas Bacon was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
Bacon's experience of business, finance and the law lead, through Cecil's influence, to the Queen making him Keeper of the Privy Seal, with the title of Lord Keeper, on the 22nd December, 1558. He was sworn into the Privy Council and knighted in 1559 and had the full powers of a Chancellor conferred upon him.
