Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet

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Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet (born 17 May 1953) is the Premier Baronet of England. Sir Nicholas is the son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th and 14th Baronet and was educated at Eton College. He served as Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II, 1966-69, then studied at Dundee University (MA) and at Gray's Inn and was called to the Bar as a barrister ^[1].

In 1981 he married Susan Henrietta Dinnis, and they have four sons. Sir Nicholas inherited significant landholdings in Norfolk. He is a council member of the National Trust and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.

In 2005 he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and in 2006 succeeded William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council ^[2]

Court offices
Preceded by Edward Hay	Page of Honour 1969–1973	Succeeded by Hon. George Herbert
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Peel	Lord Warden of the Stannaries 2005 – present	Incumbent
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Edmund Bacon	Baronet (of Redgrave and Mildenhall) 1982 – present	Incumbent

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