Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 – 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet. The son of Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the

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cy upon the death of his father. In 1728, he was appointed

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. Acheson sat in the

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for

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from 1727 until his death in 1748. Acheson had a personal library of some significance, which he marked with his characteristic early armorial bookplate. He married Anne Savage in 1715, with whom he had the following children: *Nicholas Acheson (b. bef. 1716–1717) *Philip Acheson (b. bef. 1718–1727) *

Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford Archibald Acheson 1st Viscount Gosford Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (1 September 1718 – 5 September 1790), known as Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt from 1748 to 1776, was an Ireland, Irish peer and politician."Alumni Dublinenses : a register ...

(1718–1790) *Nicola Acheson (1725-1761) married Robert Trench *Ann Acheson (d. 1785) married Walter Cope *Arthur (d. 1758)Lodge, Edmund. Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. United Kingdom, Saunders, 1840.

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* Burkes Irish Family Records p. 410 1976 edition 1688 births 1748 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia High sheriffs of Armagh Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub