Whitmore Acton

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Family
Father:Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet
Children:Sir Richard Acton 5th Baronet
The details

Biography

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 baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1716.
Acton lived at Aldenham Park, near Bridgnorth and held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1727–28.
He married Lady Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon of Putney, 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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