Background
Bacon was the son of Nathaniel Bacon of Friston and his wife Anne Le Gros, daughter of Sir Thomas Le Gros of Crostwick, Norfolk.
Bacon was the son of Nathaniel Bacon of Friston and his wife Anne Le Gros, daughter of Sir Thomas Le Gros of Crostwick, Norfolk.
He was a student of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1637. He entered Gray"s Inn in 1640 and was called to the bar in 1651. He was elected Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1660 for the Convention Parliament.
In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament.