Francis D'Arcy Bacon

(1778-1842)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Bacon, Francis D'arcy (fl 1823-1825) Major LBT ID: FrBacon1842	B/BAP: 1778-05-27 DIED: 1842-12-02
SOURCES: David Crane, Lord Byron's Jackal (1999) 227-28
The son of John Bacon of Friern House; educated at Harrow, he served in the 5th Regiment of Foot before embarking on a career as a Philhellene in 1824. His unpublished journal is at the Bodleian Library.
REFERENCES TO Francis D'Arcy Bacon: Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. II.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (September 1826) 201-08 Found 1: ¶ 27 Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858) Chapter XXIII. Found 4: ¶ 9 ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 17