Baron Acton

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Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 11 December 1869 for the historian and Liberal MP Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet. The baronetcy, of Aldenham, Salop, was created on 17 January 1644 in the Baronetage of England.

On 17 April 2000, the 4th Baron was created a life peer as Baron Acton of Bridgnorth, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire.

[edit] Baronets of Aldenham (1644)

• Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet (1600-1659)
• Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1620-1665)
• Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650-1716)
• Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (1678-1732)
• Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1712-1791)
• Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet (1736-1811)
• Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet (1801-1837)
• Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet (1834-1902) (created Baron Acton in 1869)

[edit] Barons Acton (1869)

• John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834-1902)
• Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (1870-1924)
• John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton (1907-1989)
• Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (b. 1941)

His heir apparent and son: Hon. John Charles Ferdinand Harold Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 1966)