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Bacon baronets of Redgrave (1611)

The Bacon baronets of Redgrave, Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England created on 22 May 1611 for Nicholas Bacon, Esquire, of Redgrave, Suffolk. He was the son of Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and Anne Cooke Bacon, a noted scholar. The title became extinct upon the death of the thirteenth Baronet in 1940.

The Bacon family of Redgrave should not be confused with other Bacon baronetcies, including the Bacon baronets of Mildenhall (also created in 1611) or the Bacon baronets of Premier Baronet (also created in 1611). These are distinct lines, though all ultimately descended from the same Norfolk family. The Redgrave line was a junior branch of that family.

Several members of the family distinguished themselves. Notably, the first baronet, Nicholas, was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk. Subsequent baronets often held local civic offices. The family seat was initially Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. Later generations resided elsewhere in the county.

The succession to the baronetcy followed the standard rules of male primogeniture. Upon the death of a baronet, the title would pass to his eldest surviving son, or, in the absence of sons, to the next male heir in the line of descent.

Due to the extinction of the title in 1940, there are no current claimants to the Bacon baronetcy of Redgrave.