William Acton (Wicklow MP)

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Member of Parliament ; for Wicklow
	In office; 1841–1848 Serving with Sir Ralph Howard, 1st Baronet, Viscount Milton
Preceded by	James Grattan; Ralph Howard
Succeeded by	Viscount Milton; Ralph Howard
Personal details
Born	1789
Died	1854 (aged 64–65)

Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854)^[1] was an Irish Conservative Party politician.

Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the disembodied Wicklow Militia on 30 April 1833.^[3]

He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow,^[4] having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837.^[4] He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following year^[4] by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.^[5]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p5: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 129.
^ ^a ^b ^c Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 323. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.
^ "No. 20852". The London Gazette. 2 May 1848. p. 1705.

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Preceded by James Grattan Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Member of Parliament for Wicklow 1841–1848 With: Sir Ralph Howard, Bt to 1847 Viscount Milton from 1847	Succeeded by Viscount Milton Sir Ralph Howard, Bt

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