Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton

Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet (24 July 1801 – 31 January 1837) was a British baronet.

He was born in Sicily where his father Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, a former Prime Minister of Naples, had been forced to flee in 1806. His mother was the eldest daughter of his father’s brother, General Joseph Edward Acton. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1811. He was educated at Westminster School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1]

In 1826 the Villa Pignatelli was built for him at San Giorgio a Cremano near Naples, a neo-classical residence that formed the centrepiece of a park.

On 9 July 1832 he married Marie Louise Pelina von Dalberg, only surviving child of Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg, Duke of Dalberg; they had one child, Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902).

Baptised Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton, on 20 December 1833 his name was legally changed to Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton by Royal Licence.

References

^ Acton [post Dalberg-Acton], Sir [Ferdinand] Richard [Edward], Bart. in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, pp. 34–37, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1

Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Acton	Baronet of Aldenham 1811–1837	Succeeded by John Dalberg-Acton

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Name	Dalberg-Acton, Sir Ferdinand 7th Baronet
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Date of birth	24 July 1801
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Date of death	31 January 1837
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