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    John C. Acton is a retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral who served as the Director of Operations Coordination for DHS. Acton formerly served...
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  • John Acton is the name of: John Acton (MP) for Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency) in 1597 Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet (1736–1811), prime minister of...
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    Acton, West Acton, East Acton, South Acton, Acton Green, Acton Town, Acton Vale and Acton Central are all parts of Acton. Acton means "oak farm" or "farm...
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    Commissioners. He and Commissioner John G. Bergen took control of the police force during the New York Draft Riots with Acton directing police and military...
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    historian Lord Acton. This relationship has been disproven; Harold Acton in fact descends from Sir John Acton's brother, General Joseph Edward Acton (1737–1830)...
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  • Acton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902): Lord Acton, the Catholic historian...
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    The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American conservative and libertarian think tank in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an office...
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    places named for John C. Calhoun List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) USS John C. Calhoun "Calhoun, John C." Oxford Dictionaries...
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    Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns; born 1965 or 1966) is an American physician and public-health researcher who served as the director of the Ohio Department...
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  • admiral John C. Acton (fl. 1970s–2000s), U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Admiral Acton. If...
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  • Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 December 1869 for Sir John Dalberg-Acton...
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    including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those aged 65 or over. John C. Acton, retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral who serves as the director...
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    Acton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 21 miles (34 km) west-northwest of Boston along Massachusetts Route 2...
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    Edward Acton is the 4th son of John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton and great-grandson of the historian John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. Through...
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  • Atlantic John C. Acton (Exec '05) – retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral who serves as the Director of Operations Coordination for DHS John R. Allen...
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  • Ark Acton Academy, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Acton area of the London Borough of Ealing, England. The school teaches...
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    Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, West London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the border with the...
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    source will be removed. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z See also References John C. Acton – retired rear admiral who serves as...
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    Acton (population 9,376 in 2021) is a community located in the town of Halton Hills, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. At the northern end of the Region...
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    Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic...
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    Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, KCVO, JP, DL (7 August 1870 – 16 June 1924) was a British peer and diplomat, ultimately Britain's...
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  • Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1621 – 1665) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Acton was the son of Sir...
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  • follows: John de Acton Sir John de Acton (died 1312), son, who married a certain Helena, by whom he had one son and two daughters: John de Acton (died 1314)...
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    1830, as Acton, named after Acton, England. The town was first settled at Acton village in 1776 by Benjamin Kimens, Clement Steele and John York, all...
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    ban on Freemasonry, the enlargement of the navy under her favorite, Sir John Acton, and the expulsion of Spanish influence. She was a proponent of enlightened...
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  • posthumously; the last captain of the USS Arizona (BB-39) during World War II John C. Acton – retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral; Director, Operations...
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    Anne Brontë (redirect from Acton Bell)
    poems with her sisters and later two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 at the same time...
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  • Acton may be named for John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), a British Liberal Party politician who supported Home Rule for Ireland. Acton...
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    Iron Acton was held by the de Acton family, which took its name from the manor, and which expired in the male line on the death of John IV de Acton in 1362...
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    [citation needed] Cookery writer Eliza Acton in her 1845 book Modern Cookery for Private Families observed that John Dory "though of uninviting appearance...
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