Baron Acton
Baron Acton , of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award, subordinate and other titles
The title was bestowed on the prominent liberal historian and MP Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet , on December 11, 1869 . He was a close friend and advisor to the British Prime Minister Gladstone and had inherited the title Baronet Acton , of Aldenham in the County of Salop, as early as 1902 , which was bestowed on his ancestor, the MP Edward Acton in the Baronage of England on January 17, 1644 was.
The great-grandson of the 1st Baron, the 4th Baron, was a well-known lawyer and on April 17, 2000 was also appointed as Baron Acton of Bridgnorth , of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, as a Life Peer , so that he would also be hereditary after the loss of his inheritance Seat in the House of Lords through the reform of the House of Lords in 1999 could continue to work in the legal committees of the House of Lords .
Today's title holder is his son John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton as 5th Baron Acton, who has not yet formally claimed the subordinate title of 12th Baronet.
List of Acton Baronets and Barons Acton
Acton Baronets, of Aldenham (1644)
- Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet (1600-1659)
- Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet (around 1620–1665)
- Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (around 1650-1716)
- Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (1678-1732)
- Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1712-1791)
- Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet (1736-1811)
- Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet (1801–1837)
- Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet (1834–1902) (promoted to Baron Acton in 1869 )
Barone Acton (1869)
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902)
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (1870–1924)
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton (1907–1989)
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (1941-2010)
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (* 1966)
The presumed heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is the uncle of the current baron, Hon. John Charles Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (* 1943).
Web links
- Acton, Baron (UK, 1869) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Acton, of Aldenham, Co. Shropshire (E Baronet, 1643/4) at Cracroft′s Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page