SCLATER (afterwards BACON), Thomas (c.1664-1736), of Catley, Cambs. and Gray’s Inn

b. c. 1664, s. of Edward Sclater of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks by Frances, da. and coh. of Leonard Thompson, ld. mayor of York. educ. St. Paul’s; Trinity, Camb. adm. 13 June 1682, aged 17; G. Inn 1694, called 1703, bencher 1724. m. 22 May 1716, Elizabeth (d. 1726), ?da. of John Bacon, merchant, of Little Paxton, Hunts., whereupon he assumed name of Bacon, s.p. suc. to estates of gt.-uncle Sir Thomas Sclater, 1st Bt., of Catley 1684. Reg. St. Paul’s ed. McDonnell, 288; Fam. Min. Gent. (Harl. Soc. xxxviii), 532–3; info. from Dr D. F. Lemmings; IGI, Cambs.