Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave

Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (–22 November 1624), of Redgrave, Suffolk, English Member of Parliament. In 1611 he became the first man to be made a baronet. Bacon would serve on many commissions. The Privy Council constantly called upon him to conduct inquiries. He was a puritan leader in Suffolk. The power and prestige of the puritan ministries in many areas of the country owed their power to Bacon. Sir Nicholas Bacon was considered a good Christian by his contemporaries. Bacon was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562. In 1572 his father helped him become the representative for Suffolk. Nicholas Bacon was knighted on 22 August 1578 by Queen Elizabeth. Later, in 1568 he would build an estate in Culford, the estate would be finished in 1591. Bacon would use the estate as a sheep farm.

Nicholas Bacon died in 1624. Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave, who married Anne Osbourne, a daughter of Sir Edward Osborne. Jemimah Bacon. Nathaniel Bacon, a painter.