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Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet

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Name
  
Sir Acheson,

Died
  
February 8, 1748

Role
  
Politician

Parents
  
Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet

Children
  
Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford

Grandchildren
  
Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford

Great grandchildren
  
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford

Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 – 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet.

The son of Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father. In 1728, he was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh. Acheson sat in the Irish House of Commons for Mullingar from 1727 until his death in 1748.

He married Anne Savage in 1715, with whom he had the following children:

  • Nicholas Acheson (b. bef. 1716-1717)
  • Philip Acheson (b. bef. 1718-1727)
  • Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1718–1790)
  • Nicola Acheson (b. 1725)
  • Ann Acheson
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