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Bacon

• References:
  • BACON, Viscount St.Alban's, in [Burkes Extinct]
  • BACON, Baronet in [Burkes Peerage]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Bibliography

Sir Nicholas Bacon.
Unknown artist, 1579.
From here.
See other shot from Wikipedia, which says public domain.
See other shot from Tudor Place.

Sir Nicholas Bacon,
born 1509, Protestant,
prominent statesman with his brother-in-law Cecil under Elizabeth,
mar Anne Cooke [descendant of King John],
built Old Gorhambury House, near St Albans, Hertfordshire (now a ruin),
had issue:

1. Sir Francis Bacon, born 1561,
   one of the founders of science.

Anne Cooke.
Portrait attributed to George Gower, 1580.
From Tudor Place.

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Old Gorhambury House

Old Gorhambury House, near St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Photo 2005 by Gary Houston. See full size.
From here. See terms of use.

Old Gorhambury House, wider shot.
Photo 2005 by Gary Houston. See full size.
From here. See terms of use.

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• sirbacon.org argues (unconvincingly) that Sir Francis Bacon was the son of Elizabeth I and Leicester.
  • Anne Cooke and Sir Nicholas Bacon