Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1 January 1712 – 20 November 1791) was an English

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

Life

The son of

Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (c. 1677 – 17 January 1731/32) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and the Middle Temple. He succeeded to the baro ...

, he succeeded to the

cy and Aldenham Park on the death of his father. He held the office of

High Sheriff of Shropshire This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire The high sheriff, sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of t ...

for 1751–52. He is buried at

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, Shropshire. As he had no surviving male issue, the title went to his distant cousin,

Sir John Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer. A strong advocate for individual ...

Family

He married Lady Anne Grey, daughter of

Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford (10 June 1685 – 16 November 1739), was an English peer. He was somewhat eccentric, displaying this mainly in the construction of whimsical buildings. Life Harry Grey was born the eldest son of John Grey, wh ...

on 21 September 1744, and they had the following children: *Elizabeth Acton (1745–1802), married Philip Langdale, of Houghton, Yorkshire. No issue. *Frances Acton (1749–1762)

References

''Burke's Peerage''
1712 births 1791 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England High sheriffs of Shropshire

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

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