Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650 – 28 September 1716) was a British MP.
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He was born the son of Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet and succeeded to the baronetcy and Aldenham Park near Bridgnorth on the death of his father in 1665.[1]
He was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, where he was awarded MA on 4 May 1666[2] and entered the Inner Temple in 1670 to study law. He became a barrister and Tory Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth from 1689 until 1705.[3] He commenced the rebuilding of Aldenham Park in the late 17th century.
He was a freeman in Bridgnorth in 1673, in Much Wenlock in 1676 and in Ludlow in 1697.[4] He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1684–85 and was appointed Recorder of Bridgnorth in 1701.[5] He retained his seat in the six succeeding Parliaments, generally voting with the Tories.[2]
Family
He died in 1716 and was buried at Morville. He had married heiress Mary Walter, daughter of John Walter of Elberton, esquire of Somersetshire,[6] on 8 December 1674[2] and with her had the following children:
- Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Bt. (1678 – January 1732)
- Mary Acton (born 1678)
- Edward Acton (1681–1741)
- John Acton (born bef. 1716)
- Sarah Acton
- Elizabeth Acton
- Frances Acton (died 29 October 1718)
- Catherine Acton
References
- "Acton, of Aldenham, co. Shropshire (E Baronet, 1643/4)". Cracroft's Peerage. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ACTON, Sir Edward, 3rd Bt. (c.1650-1716), of Aldenham Hall, Salop Historyofparliamentoneline.org, Retrieved on 12 Mar 2018
- "ACTON, Sir Edward, 3rd Bt. (c.1650-1716), of Aldenham Hall, nr. Bridgnorth, Salop". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- Basil Duke Henning, "The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Vol.1, published by Boydell & Brewer, 1983, p.524
- "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- John Burke, "A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire", Vol. 1, published by H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832, p.14
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
- David Hayton, "The Country Party in the House of Commons 1698-1699: a Forecast of the Opposition to a Standing Army?", Parliamentary History, Volume 6 (1987), 141-63
Parliament of England | ||
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Preceded by William Whitmore Roger Pope |
Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth 1698–1705 With: Humphrey Briggs |
Succeeded by William Whitmore Humphrey Briggs |
Baronetage of England | ||
Preceded by Sir Walter Acton |
Baronet (of Aldenham) 1665–1716 |
Succeeded by Sir Whitmore Acton |