Name Sir Acton, Grandchildren Whit Acton Deposed date 1665 | Coronation date 1659 Died 1665 | |
Parents Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet Children Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet | ||
Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet (c 1621–1665) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
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Life
Acton was the son of Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet of Aldenham and his wife Sarah Mytton, who was the only daughter of Richard Mytton of Halston and sister of the Civil War parliamentarian general Thomas Mytton. He succeeded to the baronetcy and Aldenham Park on the death of his father on 29 June 1659.
Although his father was an active Royalist, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth in the Convention Parliament of 1660 in disregard of the Long Parliament ordinance. He was J.P. for Shropshire from July 1660 and commissioner for assessment from September 1660. In October 1660 he was a lieutenant in the volunteers cavalry. He was commissioner for loyal and indigent officers in 1662 and commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663. He became Deputy Lieutenant in 1662.
Acton died in 1665 and was buried at Morville, Shropshire on 3 September 1665.
Family
Acton married Catherine Cresset, daughter of Richard Cresset of Cound, before 1650 and they had the following children: