Sir Francis Bacon – Former Lord Chancellor – Biography

Sir Frances Bacon Biography

Sir Francis Bacon also called Sir Francis Viscount St Albans. Sir Francis Bacon was born in London on 22 January 1561 at York house of the Strand. His father, Sir Nicholas Bacon was a successful lawyer and Lord Keeper of the great seal under Queen Elizabeth. His mother Anne Cook was a scholar and she was the daughter of Sir Thorny Cook who translated ecclesiastical material from Italian and Latin into English. She was a religious puritan. Francis Bacon was born to a sophisticated family but not in Aristocracy. Sir…