Thomas Bacon (1813 - 1892)

Born 11 Aug 1813 in Paddington, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Sophia (Aubert) Bacon — married 9 Apr 1861 in St James's Church, Maidenhead Thicket, Berkshire, England

Died 19 Feb 1892 at age 78 in Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Soldier, Barrister and Parson, he served in the Bengal Horse Artillery 1835-8, was Chaplain in Malta 1846-8, and Canon of Gibraltar 1847-8. Curate of All Souls, St Marylebone, and Rector of Kingsworthy, near Winchester, Hampshire, from 1852-72. He was a sketchbook artist who made "beautiful sketchbooks" of his 'grand tour' travels and published works on India.

Background

Thomas Bacon was born on 11 August 1813. He was baptised on 8 September 1813 at St James's Church, Paddington, London.[1]

Marriages and family

He married 1ly probably in India: she died without issue, probably in India.

On 9 April 1861 he married 2ly Harriet Sophia Prinsep, neé Aubert, widow of James Prinsep, and eldest daughter of the late Lt-Col Aubert of the Bengal Army, without children.

Morning Post 12 Apr 1861- Marriages, Bacon - Prinsep. On the 9th inst, at St James's, Maidenhead Thicket, by the Rev John Bacon, brother of the bridegroom, the Rev Thomas Bacon, Rector of Kingsworthy, near Winchester, to Harriet Sophia, widow of the late James Prinsep Esq, of Calcutta, and eldest daughter of the late Lt-Col Aubert of the Bengal Army.

Later years

His wife died in 1874.

Death and burial

He died on 19 February 1892.

Legacy

His "beautiful sketchbooks of his 'grand tour' travels" were inherited by descent to John Bury.

Sources

He was mentioned in Vol 5 of the published correspondence of Charles Darwin, The Darwin Correspondence Online Database (accessed 16 Oct 2006).

Antiques Boutique - Thomas BACON, F.S.A. (British, 1813-92) “An Indian Landscape” (possibly a view in the Western Ghats) [includes full biography and further sources][2]

askART - Thomas Bacon 'FIESOLE DA MONTE RINALDI' [includes image of painting sold at auction in 2014][3]

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of John Stacpoole, 2006 - 'Rev. Thomas Bacon, Son of the Artist, John Bacon the Younger', 23 Aug 1838: https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/15057/rev-thomas-bacon-son-of-the-artist-john-bacon-the-younger?q=%2Fexplore-art-and-ideas%2Fartwork%2F15057%2Frev-thomas-bacon-son-of-the-artist-john-bacon-the-younger.

Victoria & Albert Museum - 'Watercolour entitled 'Mountainous Landscape with Stream and Ruin' by T. Bacon. Great Britain, 1830.' Bequeathed by Bernard H. Webb: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1225617/mountainous-landscape-with-stream-and-watercolour-thomas-bacon/.

Correspondence: John Bury (2006).

Baptism 1813, Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWZG-9MK.

1871 British Census.