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Name
  
Whitmore Acton

Role
  
Baron Acton


Died
  
1731

Deposed date
  
1732

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Parents
  
Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet

Grandparents
  
Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet

Great-grandparents
  
Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet

Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (c. 1677 - 17 January 1731/32) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and the Middle Temple. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1716.

Acton lived at Aldenham Park, near Bridgnorth and held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1727–28.

He married Lady Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon of Putney, Surrey and had the following children:

  • Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1 January 1712 – 20 November 1791)
  • Elizabeth Acton (b. bef 1730)
  • Jane Acton (b. bef 1732)
  • Mary Acton (b. bef 1732)
  • References

    Whitmore Acton Wikipedia