Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (c. 1677 – 17 January 1731/32) was a British

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Aldenham Park, Morville (geograph 3435659)

He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet and educated at

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and the

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. He succeeded to the

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cy upon the death of his father in 1716. Acton lived at

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, near

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and held the office of

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for 1727–28. He married Lady Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon of

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, Surrey and had the following children: * Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1 January 1712 – 20 November 1791) *Elizabeth Acton (b. bef. 1730) *Jane Acton (b. bef. 1732) *Mary Acton (b. bef. 1732)

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* * 1670s births 1731 deaths Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1710–1713 High Sheriffs of Shropshire Acton family {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub