Family and Education
b. 14 Mar. 1611, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir William Cornwallis‡, kt. and bt. of Brome Hall, Suff. and 2nd w. Jane, da. of Hercules Meautys (Mewtas) of West Ham, Essex. educ. privately and Univ. Camb. Private Corresp. of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon, 1613-44 ed. J. Moody, 18. m. (1) c. 2 Dec. 1630, Elizabeth (d. c.1644), da. of Sir John Ashburnham‡, bt. of Ashburnham, Suss., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 1646 (with £2,000), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Crofts‡ kt. of Little Saxham, Suff., 1da. cr. bt. 4 May 1627; Kntd. 1 Dec. 1630; suc. half-bro. Nicholas Bacon at Culford 1660. d. 7 Jan. 1662; probate inventory 21 Apr. 1662. TNA, PROB 4/7012.
Offices Held
Equerry to Charles I by 1631; gent. of the privy chamber 1633 – ?; gent. usher of the privy chamber, 1638 – 45; treas. of the Household to Charles, prince of Wales, 1645 – 49, to Charles II, 1649 – 62.
PC 6 July 1660 – d.
Steward, honour of Eye 1639 – 49, 1660 – 62; freeman, Ipswich 1660; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit 1660, assessment, Suff. 1660 – 61, sewers, Westminster 1660; dep. lt., Suff. 1660 – d.
Lt. of horse 1639 – 40.
Associated with: Brome Hall, Suff.; Queen Street, Westminster 1660.
Likenesses
oil on panel by unknown artist, 1639, National Trust, Canons Ashby, Northants.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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