John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton

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John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton, CMG, MBE, TD, DL (15 December 190723 January 1989) was a British Peer. The son of Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, he succeeded to the barony upon the death of his father.

He married Hon. Daphne Strutt, Daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh on 25th November 1931, and they had the following children:

  • Hon. Pelline Margot Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 24 Dec 1932)
  • Hon. Charlotte Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (1934-1935)
  • Hon. Catherine Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 30 Dec 1939)
  • Sir Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (b. 30 Jul 1941)
  • Reverend Hon. John Charles Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 26 Jan 1943)
  • Hon. Robert Peter Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 23 Jun 1946)
  • Hon. Jill Mary Joan Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 15 Jun 1947)
  • Dr. Hon. Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 4 Feb 1949)
  • Hon. Peter Hedley Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 27 Mar 1950)
  • Hon. Mary Anne Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 30 Mar 1951)
  • Hon. Jane Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 25 Jan 1954)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
Baron Acton
1924–1989
Succeeded by
Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
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