D'Arcy Bacon, Francis |
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BORN 27 May 1778, London - DIED 2 Dec 1842 GRAVE LOCATION London: St. Mary's Churchyard, Lambeth ((disappeared?)) |
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Son of Mary Linnel and John Bacon, who probably was an illigetimate
son of Frederick, Prince of Wales. D'Arcy Bacon was one of the
most remarkable Englishmen who went to Greece to help in the
fight for independence against the Turks. In 1825 he helped
the wounded E.J. Trelawny escape from a cave in the mountains
and put him on his way back to England. D'Arcy Bavon travelled extensively in Greece and kept a diary. Related persons • has a connection with Trelawny, Edward John Sources • Crane, David, Lord Byron's Jackal, The life of Edward John Trelawny, Harper Collins Publishers, London, 1998 |