Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1570 – 10 April 1649) was an English baronet and politician. Edmund was wealthy, possessing around £6,000. Edmund was known for a love of knowledge. Resulting in a friendship with Sir Henry Wotton and his uncle, Francis Bacon. Who he would often talk about his uncle's scientific experiments with. Edmund's beliefs about religion are unknown, although he was described by a Puritan chaplain named Robert Allen as "Lovers of piety and justice, and friends to the church of God."
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1570
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1649 (aged 78)
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