Acton

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 England 1.2 Northern Ireland 1.3 Wales 1.4 United States 1.5 Canada 1.6 Australia 2 People 3 Organizations

Acton may refer to:

[edit] Places

[edit] England

• Acton, Cheshire
• Acton, Dorset
• Acton, Staffordshire
• Acton, Shropshire
• Acton, Worcestershire
• Acton, Suffolk
• Acton, London
• Acton, Northumberland

Also:

• Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire
• Acton Bridge, Cheshire
• Acton Burnell, Shropshire
• Acton Green, Herefordshire
• Acton Pigott, Shropshire
• Acton Place, Suffolk
• Acton Reynald, Shropshire
• Acton Round, Shropshire
• Acton Scott, Shropshire
• Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
• Acton Turville, South Gloucestershire

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Acton, County Armagh

[edit] Wales

• Acton, Wrexham

[edit] United States

• Acton, Alabama
• Acton, California
• Acton, Indiana
• Acton, Kentucky
• Acton, Massachusetts
• Acton, Maine
• Acton Township, Minnesota
• Acton, Montana
• Acton, North Carolina
• Acton Township, North Dakota
• Acton, New Jersey
• Acton, Tennessee
• Acton, Texas

[edit] Canada

• Acton, Ontario
• Actons Corners, Ontario
• Acton Island, Ontario in the District of Muskoka
• Acton, New Brunswick
• Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec (MRC d'Acton) - This contains the town of Acton Vale, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, and other municipalities. Saint-André-d'Acton used to be one of these municipalities until a reorganization in 2000 removed it.[1]
• Acton, Saskatchewan

[edit] Australia

• Acton, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
• Acton, Tasmania, suburb of Burnie, Tasmania
• Acton Park, Tasmania, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, is formerly known as Acton

[edit] People

The people of this name include:

• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian.
  • Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer.
• Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples.
  • Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace.
• Joseph Edward Acton (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister
  • Ferdinand Acton, his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala.
• Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante.

• Edward Acton (d. 1707), British naval captain
• Thomas Acton (1662-1721), English Jesuit

[edit] Organizations

• Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a right-wing think tank.

• Acton School of Business, One of the top business schools in USA.