Francis Bacon

(1561-1626)

Honorary Titles

Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Alban

Knighted (23 July 1603)

Created Baron Verulam (12 July 1618)

Created Viscount St. Alban (3rd February 1621)

Member of Parliament

Parliament of 1581 MP for Bassiney, Cornwall

Parliament of 1584 MP for Melcome Regis, Dorset

Parliament of 1586 MP for Taunton

Parliament of 1589 MP for Liverpool

Parliament of 1593 MP for Middlesex

Parliament of 1597 MP for Southampton & Ipswich

Parliament of 1604 MP for St Albans & Ipswich

Parliament of 1614 MP for St Albans, Ipswich & Cambridge University

Member of Gray’s Inn

27 July 1576 Admitted de societate magistrorum

27 June 1582 Utter Barrister

10 Feb.1586 Bencher

23 Nov.1587 Reader

1589 Dean of the Chapel

1594 Deputy Treasurer

14 Nov.1599 Double Reader

17 Oct.1608–26 Oct.1617 Treasurer

Official Positions under Queen Elizabeth I

c.1591–94 March 1603 Queen’s Counsel Extraordinary

1594–24 March 1603 Member of the Queen’s Counsel Learned in the Law

Official Positions under King James I

July 1603–25 Aug.1604 King’s Counsel Extraordinary

25 Aug. 1604–25 June 1607 King’s Counsel Learned

25 June 1607–26 Oct.1613 Solicitor-General

1608 Clerk to the Star Chamber

1611 Judge of the Marshal’s Court

1611 President of the Court of the Verge

1613 Chief Advisor to the Crown

26 Oct.1613–3 Mar.1617 Attorney General

9 June 1616–3 May 1621 Privy Councillor

3 March 1617–3 May 1621 Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

4 Jan.1618–3 May 1621 Lord High Chancellor