• 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...
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    Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English...
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    Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, Baron Acton of Bridgnorth (30 July 1941 – 10 October 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and...
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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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  • Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), English historian John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton (1907–1989), British peer John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th...
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    Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian...
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  • Acton may refer to: Mount Acton Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie Acton Park, Tasmania, a...
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  • Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton CMG MBE TD (born Dalberg-Acton; 15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989), was a British peer and soldier. Acton was born in...
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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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  • Ferdinand Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (born 19 August 1966), is a British author and peer. Born in Oxford, Lyon-Dalberg-Acton was educated at Winchester...
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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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    heiress married firstly Sir Richard Acton, 7th Baronet (by whom she was the mother of John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton) and secondly Granville George Leveson-Gower...
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  • each year. The journal was established in 1886 by John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Regius professor of modern history at Cambridge, and a fellow of...
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  • Viscount Chandos". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2024. "The Lord Acton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2024. "The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede"...
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    Catholicism after marrying John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton, 11 children including the 4th Baron Acton Hon. Hedley Vicars Strutt (1915–2012); served...
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  • Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild (born 12 July 1971), is a British-born financier who settled in Switzerland and is a member...
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  • Lyon-Dalberg-Acton may refer to: Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (1870–1924), British peer and diplomat Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (1941–2010)...
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  • Lyon-Dalberg-Acton may refer to: John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton, CMG, MBE, TD, DL (1907–1989), British Peer John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton, (born...
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  • among barons is: Barons of England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons of Great Britain Barons of Ireland Barons of the United Kingdom However barons of...
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    one child, John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902). Baptised Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton, on 20 December 1833 his name was legally...
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  • Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, KBE, PC (born 28 October 1950) is a British peer and UK Independence Party politician. Hesketh succeeded...
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    Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy (born 9 February 1955) is a British actor. His roles on American television include Shane Donovan...
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  • Dalberg-Acton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL (1834–1902), English Catholic historian...
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    Ferdinand Acton, 7th Baronet (who assumed the additional surname of Dalberg), to her son, the historian John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. Baron...
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    Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet (3 June 1736 – 12 August 1811) was a French-born English gentleman who served as Commander of the naval forces...
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  • David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957), is a Canadian/British hereditary peer and media magnate. Upon the death of...
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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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  • William Acton). For more information on this creation, see the Baron Acton. Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (before 1593–1651) see the Baron Acton Leigh...
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    Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton (born 27 October 1958), is a British peer and Labour Party...
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    Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908) John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (1834–1923) Charles Anderson-Pelham...
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