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William Acton (senior)
William Acton may refer to: Politicians * William Acton (senior), English MP * William Acton (junior), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1744), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1567), English MP * William Acton (Wicklow MP) (1789–1854), MP for Wicklow 1841–48 * William M. Acton (1876–1957), American lawyer and politician Others *William Acton (doctor) (1813–1875), British doctor and writer *Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570–1651), English merchant and Royalist * William Acton, warden of the Marshalsea prison, London, in the 1720s *William Acton (painter) William Hamilton Mitchell Acton (16 August 1906 – 31 August 1945) was an Anglo-Italian painter. Biography William Hamilton Mitchell Acton was born on 16 August 1906, the son of Arthur Acton (1873–1953), an art collector and dealer, and Hor ... (1906–1945), Anglo-Italian painter See also * {{hndis, Acton, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (senior)
William Acton may refer to: Politicians * William Acton (senior), English MP * William Acton (junior), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1744), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1567), English MP * William Acton (Wicklow MP) (1789–1854), MP for Wicklow 1841–48 * William M. Acton (1876–1957), American lawyer and politician Others *William Acton (doctor) (1813–1875), British doctor and writer *Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570–1651), English merchant and Royalist * William Acton, warden of the Marshalsea prison, London, in the 1720s *William Acton (painter) William Hamilton Mitchell Acton (16 August 1906 – 31 August 1945) was an Anglo-Italian painter. Biography William Hamilton Mitchell Acton was born on 16 August 1906, the son of Arthur Acton (1873–1953), an art collector and dealer, and Hor ... (1906–1945), Anglo-Italian painter See also * {{hndis, Acton, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (junior)
William Acton may refer to: Politicians *William Acton (senior), English MP * William Acton (junior), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1744), English MP * William Acton (politician, died 1567), English MP * William Acton (Wicklow MP) (1789–1854), MP for Wicklow 1841–48 * William M. Acton (1876–1957), American lawyer and politician Others *William Acton (doctor) (1813–1875), British doctor and writer *Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570–1651), English merchant and Royalist * William Acton, warden of the Marshalsea prison, London, in the 1720s *William Acton (painter) William Hamilton Mitchell Acton (16 August 1906 – 31 August 1945) was an Anglo-Italian painter. Biography William Hamilton Mitchell Acton was born on 16 August 1906, the son of Arthur Acton (1873–1953), an art collector and dealer, and Hor ... (1906–1945), Anglo-Italian painter See also * {{hndis, Acton, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (politician, Died 1744)
William Acton (c. 1684–1744), of Bramford Hall, Suffolk, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1734. Acton was born at Bramford, Suffolk, the second son of John Acton of Bramford Hall and either his first wife Isabel Buxton, daughter of J. Buxton, or his second wife Elizabeth Lamb, daughter of J. Lamb. He was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge on 30 January 1701. In 1704, he succeeded his elder brother John to the family estate. Acton was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Orford at the 1722 British general election. He voted consistently against the Government. He did not stand at the 1727 British general election but was returned unopposed for Orford at a by-election on 31 January 1729. He did not stand at the 1734 British general election. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk for the year 1739 to 1740. Acton died without heirs on 23 January 1744 and was buried in St Peters church, Baylham Baylham is a village and civil pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (politician, Died 1567)
William Acton (1513 – 1567) of Aldenham in Shropshire was an English politician who served in the parliament of Kingdom of England. Career Acton sat in two of Queen Mary's five Parliaments for Bridgnorth in Shropshire in April 1554 and 1555. Both times he was a Member of Parliament together with his distant kinsman, Jerome Horde. Acton joined Reginald Corbet and others from Shropshire in opposing a government bill in 1555. Acton came from a family of lawyers. His eldest son may have studied law, but it's not known if Acton obtained a legal education. Acton had a close connection to Reginald Corbet and Roger Smith, Corbet helped Acton's son admission to the Middle Temple in 1552. Smith, related to Acton by marriage, promoted him from Bridgnorth in the two Edwardian Parliaments. Personal Acton was the only surviving son of Thomas Acton and Elizabeth Dryland. Acton married Cecily Cresset, daughter of Richard Cresset of Upton Cressett in Shropshire, by 1534. Acton died on 7 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (Wicklow MP)
Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854) was an Irish Conservative Party politician. Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837. He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following year by taking the Chiltern Hundreds The Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three " hundreds" and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refers to one of the legal fictions used to effect r .... References External links * 1789 births 1854 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wicklow constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Irish Conservative Party MPs Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Conservative-UK-MP-1780s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William M
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acton (doctor)
William Acton (1813–1875) was a British medical doctor and book writer. He was known for his books on masturbation. Biography Acton was a native of Shillingstone and he enrolled as a resident apprentice at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1836, Acton, by then 23 years old, moved to Paris, where he met the well-known American-born doctor Philippe Ricord. He learned about the functions of the generative and urinary organs under Ricord's supervision, and decided to concentrate on gynecology. Acton spent some time in Paris working at the women's venereal hospital. At the age of twenty-seven, Acton returned to England, already a recognized expert in the gynecological field. In part because of his previous experience in the field, Acton was accepted into the Royal College of Surgeons. At about the same time, Acton began working on his first written work, a book named ''A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs in Both Sexes'', where he discussed the rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet
Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570 – 22 January 1651) was an English merchant and Royalist who was Lord Mayor of London in 1640. Acton was the son of Richard Acton, a London merchant, and Margaret Daniel. He was apprenticed by the Merchant Taylor Company in 1593 and freed in 1601. On 12 February 1628, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Aldersgate ward. That same year, he was Sheriff of London. He was created a baronet on 30 May 1629. In 1640, Acton was due to be elected Lord Mayor of London but in an unprecedented vote he was passed over because of his strong Royalist views. Edmund Wright was voted in as the compromise candidate. Acton married firstly Anne Bill, daughter of James Bill of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and secondly Jane Johnson Bird, widow of Sir William Bird. Acton's daughter and sole heiress, Elizabeth, brought great wealth to the Whitmore family upon her marriage to Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct on Acton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trial Of William Acton
The Marshalsea (1373–1842) was a notorious prison in Southwark, just south of the River Thames. Although it housed a variety of prisoners, including men accused of crimes at sea and political figures charged with sedition, it became known, in particular, for its incarceration of the poorest of London's debtors. Over half the population of England's prisoners in the 18th century were in jail because of debt. Run privately for profit, as were all English prisons until the 19th century, the Marshalsea looked like an Oxbridge college and functioned as an extortion racket. Debtors in the 18th century who could afford the prison fees had access to a bar, shop and restaurant, and retained the crucial privilege of being allowed out during the day, which gave them a chance to earn money for their creditors. Everyone else was crammed into one of nine small rooms with dozens of others, possibly for years for the most modest of debts, which increased as unpaid prison fees accumulated. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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