ACTON OF ALDENHAM The 4th Baron Acton of Aldenham, Shropshire, Baron Acton of Bridgnorth (so created 17 April 2000) and a Baronet (Sir Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, Bt), also Patrician of Naples (The Rt Hon The Lord Acton, 152 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL; 100 Red Oak Lane SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403, USA), born 30 July 1941, succeeded his father 1989, educated St George's College Zimbabwe, and Trinity College Oxford (BA 1963, MA 1988), barrister Inner Temple 1976 (practised 1977–81), Management Trainee Amalgamated Packaging Industries 1964–66, Director of Coutts 1970–74, A Senior Law Officer of the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Zimbabwe 1981–85, Member of the House of Lords Constitution Committee 2001–2005, House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee Consolidation Bills 2002–, Select Committee on Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform 2006-2007, married first 28 August 1965 Hilary Juliet Sarah Cookson (died 25 October 1973), second daughter of Osmond Laurence Charles Cookson, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, of Perth, Western Australia, and has issue,

1a +JOHN CHARLES FERDINAND HAROLD, Patrician of Naples (The Hon John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 1 Stable Cottages, Hitcham Grange, Hill Farm Rd, Taplow, Berks SL6 0JD), freelance journalist and author, born 19 August 1966, educated Winchester, and Balliol College Oxford, married 7 February 1998 •Lucinda A F Percival, daughter of Brigadier James Percival, OBE, of Marnhull, Dorset.

(cont) Richard, 4th Baron Acton of Aldenham, married second 1 January 1974 (divorced 1987) Judith Todd (born 1943), writer, eldest daughter of Hon Sir Garfield Todd, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia and his wife Grace. Richard, 4th Baron Acton of Aldenham, married third 1988 •Patricia, law Professor and writer, only daughter of M Morey Nassif, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and his wife Barbara Lindsey.

Lineage: ROBERT DE LEYE, of Ragdon, Shropshire, Custos of Shropshire (1228), living 1224 and 1228, had issue,

1a ROBERT, see below.

The only son,

ROBERT DE ACTON, of Ragdon and Acton Burnell, Shropshire, Deputy Sheriff of Shropshire (1237), Crusader and Clerk, living 1227 and 1272, had issue,

1a WILLIAM, see below.

The only son,

WILLIAM DE ACTON, of Acton Burnell, Clerk, living 1280 and 1303, married Isabella, and had issue,

1a WILLIAM, see below.

2a Nicholas de Acton, Parson of Wistanstow, Shropshire, died 1336.

The elder son,

WILLIAM DE ACTON, of Acton Burnell and Longnor, Shropshire, Clerk, living 1310, had issue,

1a John de Acton, living 1342.

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Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules semée of cross-crosslets fitchée or, two lions passant in pale argent (for ACTON); 2nd, quarterly, 1st and 4th az., six fleurs-de-lys, three two and one argent, a chief dancettée of the last, 2nd and 3rd or, a cross patoncé gules, over all an escutcheon also az., thereon a tower arg., a chief dancettée of the last (for DALBERG); 3rd azure a lion passant or between three plates, each charged with a gryphon's head erased sable (for LYON). Crest: A human leg in armour flexed at the knee and couped at the thigh disgorging five drops of blood (for ACTON; Royal licence 23 December 1987, the new crest having long been associated with the ACTONs though never hitherto officially recorded at the College of Arms).

Supporters: On either side a lion guardant proper, gorged with a chain or and charged with a cross patonce gules.

Motto: Deo adjuvante (With God assisting).

Creations: Baronet (England) 17 January 1643. Baron (UK) 11

2a Edward de Acton, living 1342.

3a WILLIAM, see below.

The youngest son,

WILLIAM DE ACTON, of Acton Burnell and Longnor, living 1323, had issue,

1a John de Acton, living 1362.

2a EDWARD, see below.

The younger son,

EDWARD DE ACTON, of Longnor, Sheriff of Shropshire (1382-90), MP for Bridgnorth (1378-1388), Commission of array (circa June 1360, June 1377), born 1326, married Eleanor le Strange, daughter and co-heir of Fulk le Strange, of Longnor and Betton, Shropshire (son of Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere and his wife Eleanor Giffard) and his wife Juliana, and died after 1396, having had issue,

1a WALTER, see below.

2a Nicholas, of Willstone, Shropshire, living 1391.

The elder son,

WALTER ACTON, of Longnor, Shropshire, married daughter of John Stapleton, of Stapleton, Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire (December 1383, 1391), and died 1420, having had issue,

1a WILLIAM, see below.

The only son,

WILLIAM ACTON, of Longnor, married daughter of Fulk Sprencheaux, of Plash, Shropshire, MP for Shropshire (1397) and his wife Margaret Horde, and died before 1443, having had issue,

1a THOMAS, see below.

2a William, living 1459, had issue,

1b Edmond (Acton alias Litilcan or Lyttelton), of Norton, Shropshire, served as petty captain under Captain Edward Lyttelton in the campaign leading to the Battle of the Spurs 1513 and it is possible that he fought at the Battle of Flodden, married first Mary Whittington (widow of Sir William Lyttelton, Knight, of Frankley, and daughter of William Whittington and his wife Elizabeth Arundell; died before 1516). Edmond Acton (alias Litilcan), married second Jane (widow of Thomas Acton, of Longnor, see below), and died 1534, having had issue,

1c William, born after 1516, living 1534.

2b Thomas, living 1534.

The elder son,

THOMAS ACTON, of Longnor and Aldenham, JP for Shropshire, MP for Bletchingley 1449, Arundel 1450-1 and Shropshire 1459, lawyer of the Temple, vintner of London, was entertained by the Burgesses of Shrewsbury in a breakfast in return for his good services with the Duke of York (1457), Lancastrian commission of array (21 December 1459), accompanied Edward IV on his campaign to besiege Lancastrian held castles of Alnwick, Bamburgh and Dunstanborough (30 November 1462), born 1415, married first 1449 Mary Horde. THOMAS ACTON, married second Joan Downton

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(married second William Wood, of Waverley, Worcestershire; died 1539) daughter and coheir of Thomas Downton and his wife Margaret Lingen, and died 8 February 1480, having had issue,

1a Thomas Acton, of Longnor, born 1453, married Joan (married second Edmond Acton, ‘kinsman’ of Thomas, see above), and died without issue 1514.

2a JOHN, see below.

3a Richard, married Jo, and had issue,

1b Joyce, married John Hill (alias Harris), of Stafford.

4a Katherine, married John Butler.

The second son,

JOHN ACTON, born after 1453, married Benedicta (Bennet) Knight, daughter of Roger Knight, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and his wife Jane Mytton, and died at Bishopsgate, London 1508, having had issue,

1a THOMAS, see below.

2a Richard, of London, living circa 1534.

3a Humfrey, died before 1537.

4a Robert, died before 1529, leaving issue,

1b Richard Acton, living 1529.

5a Eleanor, married as his first wife Thomas Gatacre, of Gatacre, Shropshire (died 1499).

The eldest son,

THOMAS ACTON, of Aldenham, servant to the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, married Elizabeth Dryland, sister of Anthony Dryland, and died circa 1534, having had issue,

1a Griffith, of Longnor and Aldenham, Shropshire, married a daughter of George Harbores, and died before 1534.

2a WILLIAM, see below.

The younger son,

WILLIAM ACTON, of Aldenham, MP for Bridgnorth 1554 and April 1555, had flourishing iron mills at Morville and in 1561 was granted a license to fell trees in Shirlett Forest for use as fuel, born before 1513, married before 1534 Cecily Cresset (buried 11 January 1581), daughter of Richard Cresset of Upton Cressett and his wife Jane Wrottesley, and died 7 May 1567, having had issue,

1a ROBERT, see below.

2a Richard, of Cheapside, London, Mercer, married at St Peter le Poer, London 25 November 1571 Margaret Daniel (a possible relative of the poet Samuel Daniel), and had issue,

1b SIR WILLIAM ACTON, 1ST AND LAST BT, of London, Sheriff of London (1628), created Baronet 28 May 1628, apprenticed in the Merchant Tailors Company 7 September 1593, elected Lord Mayor of London in 1641 but displaced by Parliament in favour of Edmund Wright, imprisoned by roundheads at Crosby House in 1642, married first Anne Bill, daughter of James Bill, of Astwell, Hertfordshire, and had issue,

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1c Elizabeth, baptised at St Mary’s, Whitechapel, London 16 August 1612, married 11 April 1635 Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Bt, of Apley, Shropshire, and died 1666, leaving issue.

(1b cont) SIR WILLIAM ACTON, 1ST AND LAST BT, married second Jane Johnson, and died 22 January 1651 (buried at Edmonton).

3a Frances, married at Astley Abbots, Shropshire 26 February 1563 John Billingsley (born circa 1535; died 8 July 1574), eldest son of William Billingsley and his second wife Alice Townsend, and died 6 February 1577, leaving issue.

4a Thomas, Vicar of Helmares, buried 23 January 1615.

5a Roland, died without issue at Newgate, London 1583.

6a Rev John, Rector of Wheathill, Shropshire, born 1554, married 18 July 1594 Anne (Agnes) Head (buried 31 December 1621), and died July 1624, having had issue,

1b A daughter, had issue.

7a Francis, married Bridget Powys, and died 1623.

8a Mary, married Etton, of Thornton.

9a Elizabeth, married circa 1584 Adam Doddington alias Detton (died 1611), son of Robert Detton and his wife Mary Kittleby, and died after 1611, leaving issue.

10a Jane, born before 1557, and married before 1575 Thomas Oseley.

11a Dorothy, married John Jones.

12a Anne, married John Stringer.

The eldest son,

ROBERT ACTON, of Aldenham, admitted to the Middle Temple 1552, born 1534, married 1569 Bridget Doddington (alias Detton), daughter of Robert Detton and his wife Mary Kittleby, and died 1597, having had issue,

1a WALTER, see below.

2a Richard, of Dunval Hall, Shropshire, married at Alberbury, Shropshire 16 May 1613 Margaret Lister, daughter of Michael Lister, of Rowton, Alberbury and his wife Elizabeth Lee, and was buried at Astley Abbotts 5 March 1650, having had issue,

1b Eleanor, baptised at St Leonards, Bridgnorth 19 April 1614; buried 17 September 1614.

2b Walter, of Dunval Hall, servant to his cousin Sir William Acton, 1st Bt, will proved 28 May 1655.

3b Bridget, baptised at Astley Abbotts 11 August 1616, and married Thomas Wilford.

4b Elizabeth, baptised at Astley Abbotts 20 June 1617, married as his second wife Robert Hanbury, of Wolverhampton (died 8 April 1651), leaving issue.

5b Mary, married Frisbye.

6b Sarah, baptised at Astley Abbotts 5 November 1620, and married William Ruckley.

7b Martha, (twin) baptised at Astley Abbotts 29 January 1621, and married Edward Hidder.

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8b Edward, of Dunval Hall, (twin) baptised at Astley Abbotts 29 January 1621, married first Mary, and had issue,

1c Edward, born 25 August 1659 (baptised at Astley Abbotts 2 September 1659), married first Frances (buried at Astley Abbotts 14 October 1703), and had issue,

1d Margaret, (twin) buried at Astley Abbotts 23 May 1687.

2d Edward, (twin) baptised at Astley Abbotts 23 August 1687; buried at Astley Abbotts 31 December 1687.

3d Edward, baptised at Astley Abbotts 9 January 1689, married at Astley Abbotts 16 February 1712 Lettice Hotchkis (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 19 January 1722), and had issue,

1e Jane, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 7 September 1715; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 15 January 1716.

2e Richard, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 14 August 1718; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 16 December 1718.

4d Thomas, baptised at Astley Abbotts 17 June 1691, married first at Astley Abbotts 8 April 1713 Susanna Talbot (baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 19 November 1691; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 5 October 1724), daughter of John Talbot and his wife Jane, and had issue,

1e Elizabeth, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 12 January 1713.

2e Frances, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 24 January 1716.

3e Jane, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 11 December 1720; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 16 June 1776.

(4d cont) Thomas, married second at St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth 7 September 1727 Elizabeth Blythe (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 27 March 1742), and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 9 March 1728.

5d Frances, baptised at Astley Abbotts 14 March 1692; buried at Astley Abbotts 15 June 1694.

6d Francis, baptised at Astley Abbotts 29 November 1694, married at Astley Abbotts 23 June 1720 Judith Mayor, of Barrow (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 16 May 1756), and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 1 November 1759, having had issue,

1e Edward, baptised at Astley Abbotts 26 September 1721; died 1733.

2e Elizabeth, baptised at Astley Abbotts 28 January 1722; buried at St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth 4 August 1725.

7d John, baptised at Astley Abbotts 7 December 1696; buried at Astley Abbotts 4 December 1697.

8d Mary, baptised at Astley Abbotts 13 March 1697; died unmarried.

(1c cont) Edward, married second at Tasley 2 September 1704 Hester Batley, of Much Wenlock (buried at Astley Abbotts 21 June 1727), and had issue,

9d Anne, baptised at Astley Abbotts 4 July 1705, married at Astley Abbotts 14 March 1728 Matthew Dickens, of Church Preen (baptised at Church Preen 22 March 1701), son of Matthew Dickens and his wife Mary, and died after 1736, leaving issue.

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10d Elizabeth, baptised at Astley Abbotts 20 May 1707, married at Astley Abbotts 21 April 1729 Edward Hughes, of Morville, leaving issue.

11d John, baptised at Astley Abbotts 18 March 1708, married at Church Preen 21 April 1730 Anne Dickens (baptised at Church Preen 6 June 1709), youngest daughter of Matthew Dickens, of Church Preen and his wife Mary, and had issue,

1e Hannah, baptised at Church Preen 9 March 1731, and married at Harley, Shropshire 10 February 1767 Thomas Hall, leaving issue.

2e Edward, baptised at Chetton, Shropshire 22 February 1736, married Anne Pool (baptised at Hadnall, Shropshire 2 February 1749; died 28 May 1811), daughter of Richard Pool and his wife Margaret, and died 8 June 1788, having had issue,

1f Edward, of Hadnall, baptised at Stanton Long 30 January 1784, married at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury 10 May 1809 Ann Josina Rowlands (died 1844), daughter of John Rowlands, Grocer, of Shewsbury, and died 7 November 1824, having had issue,

1g John Rowlands, born 8 March 1810 (baptised at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury 16 March 1810), and died without issue 14 April 1826.

2g Elizabeth, baptised at Hadnall 17 November 1811.

3g Anne, baptised at Hadnall 5 December 1813.

4g Mary, baptised at Hadnall 5 November 1815.

5g Thomas Boodle, baptised at Hadnall 7 November 1819, married at Shrewsbury 1839 Emma (born at Shropshire circa 1817; died at Wem 1846), and died at Wem 1860, having had issue,

1h Sarah, born at Wem, Shropshire 1840.

6g Edward, of Stockport later Ashton-under-Lyne, Grocer, baptised at Hadnall 29 July 1821, married 1847 Sally Evans (born at Worcestershire), and had issue,

1h Sally, born at Stockport, Cheshire 1849.

2h Annie, born at Stockport 1852.

3h Walter Edward, born circa 1854, and died without issue at Ashton-under Lyne 1894.

4h Henry, born at Stockport 1856, married at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire 1882 Mary Ann Ashcroft (born circa 1856; died at Ashton-under-Lyne 1885), and had issue,

1i Bertha, born at Ashton-under-Lyne 1883, married at the Parish Church, Hurst, Lancashire 17 August 1912 Henry Broadhurst (born 1880; died 1960), son of Edward Walker Broadhurst and his wife Susannah Garside, and died at Ashton-under-Lyne 20 March 1958, leaving issue.

5h Kate, born at Ashton-under-Lyne 1861.

2f Thomas, of Brockton, Farmer, baptised at Stanton Long 25 March 1788, married Jane Billington, of Preston Gobalds, and died 1846, having had issue,

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1g Thomas, of Brockton, Farmer, baptised at Diddlebury, Shropshire 30 October 1807, and died without issue before 1846.

2g Edward, of Preston Gobalds later of Brockton, Farmer, born at Shrewsbury, baptised at Diddlebury 15 March 1809, and died without issue at Church Stretton 1880.

3g William, baptised at Diddlebury 27 December 1810, married at Saint Martin’s, Liverpool 6 October 1835 Alice Wright, and died before 1846, having had issue,

1h Jane, baptised at St Peter’s, Liverpool 27 February 1838.

4g Ann, born at Munslow circa 1811, and died unmarried at Church Stretton 1867.

5g Sarah, baptised at Diddlebury 25 May 1812, and married at Shipton, Shropshire 25 January 1847 Hugh Pugh.

6g John, baptised at Diddlebury 26 February 1814, and died without issue before 1846.

7g Jane, baptised at Diddlebury 23 November 1815, married 1844 William Lloyd, of Knockin, leaving issue.

8g Henry, baptised at Diddlebury 9 January 1819, and died without issue 21 December 1847.

9g Charles, of Brockton, Farmer, baptised at Stanton Long 4 April 1824, and died without issue 14 October 1854.

3e Ann, baptised at Chetton 12 October 1739.

4e John, baptised at Chetton 20 October 1741, married at Acton Round, Shropshire 15 July 1766 Mary Adams (baptised at Acton Round 21 October 1744), daughter of William Adams and his wife Mary, and had issue,

1f Ann, baptised at Acton Round 27 May 1767, and married at Benthall, Shropshire 11 September 1794 George Pickering (baptised at Much Wenlock 2 February 1763), son of George Pickering and his wife Anne, leaving issue.

2f Elizabeth, baptised at Hopton Wafers, Shropshire 27 August 1768.

3f Mary, baptised at Hopton Wafers 22 May 1771.

5e Mary, baptised at Chetton 18 June 1744.

6e Thomas, baptised at Chetton 2 July 1747, married at Worfield, Shropshire 30 December 1773 Esther Smytheman, and had issue,

1f John, baptised at Much Wenlock, Shropshire 20 August 1776 (possibly married EITHER Hannah Harris at Loppington 25 February 1808 OR Ann Davies at Whitchurch 29 February 1808 OR Mary Bishop at Munslow 16 August 1814).

2f Edward, baptised at Much Wenlock 11 March 1778, and died 6 May 1779.

3f Esther, baptised at Much Wenlock 10 February 1780.

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4f Sarah, baptised at Much Wenlock 13 July 1783.

7e Martha, baptised at Stanton Long, Shropshire 14 November 1749.

8e William, baptised at Stanton Long 25 March 1753, married at Kenley, Shropshire 30 May 1774 Millron Bennet, and had issue,

1f William, baptised at Cound, Shropshire 10 August 1775, and married at Whitchurch, Shropshire 3 March 1806 Lucy Chesters.

2f Margaret, baptised at Cound 29 March 1778, and married at Kenley 16 September 1806 John Feltis, leaving issue.

3f Samuel, baptised at Cound 1 October 1780; buried 22 May 1799.

12d Hester, baptised at Astley Abbotts 21 August 1711, married at Astley Abbotts 9 June 1732 Thomas Tedstall, leaving issue.

2c Richard, of Dunval Hall, Bailiff of Bridgnorth (1701), baptised at Astley Abbotts 16 February 1661, married Elizabeth (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 19 March 1719), and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 5 March 1702, having had issue,

1d Elizabeth, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 23 February 1690.

2d Thomas, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 14 July 1692; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 5 March 1693.

3d Margaret, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 28 March 1694.

4d Edward, Baker, granted a lease of messuages by Bridgnorth Corporation that he had built on a derelict site in St Leonard’s churchyard (1740), baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 15 September 1695, married at Bridgnorth 11 October 1723 Anne, and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 1 June 1741.

5d Richard, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 2 February 1696; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 22 March 1696.

6d Anne, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 6 March 1697.

7d Sarah, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 22 February 1699.

8d Richard, of Dunval Hall, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 13 August 1702, married first at Barrow 10 September 1724 Elizabeth Mayor (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 30 May 1734), and had issue,

1e Edward, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 8 August 1726.

2e Richard, of Dunval Hall, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 4 March 1727, married at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 19 February 1750 Elizabeth Smalman, and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 7 May 1766, having had issue,

1f Elizabeth, of Dunval Hall, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 22 August 1753, and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 11 June 1831.

2f Richard, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 21 November 1754, and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 16 December 1755.

3e Elizabeth, buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 14 June 1729.

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4e Mary, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 26 August 1729; buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 10 May 1730.

5e Mary, buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 21 May 1734.

6e Elizabeth, buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 29 August 1731.

7e Elizabeth, buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 12 July 1734.

(8d cont) Richard, married second at St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth 26 December 1734 Anne Langley (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 21 October 1764), and was buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 7 April 1764, having had issue,

8e John, of London, Mercer, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 23 October 1735, married at Saint Clement Danes, Westminster 10 October 1774 Mary Edmonds, and had issue,

1f Sarah, born 24 October 1776 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Shoreditch 10 November 1776).

2f John, born 20 January 1778 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Shoreditch 8 February 1778); buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 3 March 1825. (possibly married EITHER Hannah Harris at Loppington 25 February 1808 OR Ann Davies at Whitchurch 29 February 1808 OR Mary Bishop at Munslow 16 August 1814).

3f Ann Susanna, born 13 April 1784 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Shoreditch 5 May 1784), married at St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch, London 6 November 1806 William Smith, of London, and died without issue.

9e Susanna, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 28 December 1736, married at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 28 November 1763 Samuel Wall, Alderman of Bridgnorth, leaving issue.

10e Thomas, baptised at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 6 January 1740.

3c Thomas, baptised at Astley Abbotts 24 November 1664.

4c John, baptised at Astley Abbotts 26 November 1668; buried at Astley Abbotts 11 December 1668.

5c John, baptised at Astley Abbotts 20 April 1671, and married at Worfield, Shropshire 27 June 1697 Mary Dunstall.

(8b cont) Edward married second at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 19 June 1684, Elizabeth Gould (buried at St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth 31 October 1698), and died after 1684.

3a Francis, died without issue.

The eldest son,

WALTER ACTON, of Aldenham, escheator for Shropshire 1610-11, JP for Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire 1630, baptised 24 April 1572, married circa 1598 his cousin Frances Acton (buried 9 December 1632), daughter of Edward Acton, of Acton Scott, Shropshire and his wife Catherine Powell, and was buried 29 April 1641, having had issue,

1a Sir Edward Acton, 1st Bt, see below.

The only son,

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Sir Edward Acton, 1st Bt (England), so created 17 January 1643/4, of Aldenham, Colonel of Dragoons, MP for Bridgnorth 1640–44 ‘Short' and ‘Long' Parliaments till deprived of seat as a royalist, surrendered Bridgnorth Castle 1646 after siege by Parliamentarians, baptised at Morville 20 July 1600, married circa 1620 Sarah Mytton (baptised at Cardington, Shropshire 28 April 1598; died 30 September 1677), daughter of Richard Mytton, of Halston, Shropshire and his wife Margaret Owen, and was buried 29 June 1659, having had issue,

1a Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Bt, see below.

2a Edward, baptised at Morville 2 January 1622; died young.

3a Thomas, of Gatacre Park, Shropshire, Cavalier in Royalist Dragoons, baptised at Morville 25 January 1623, educated at Alban Hall Oxford University, married at St Benet, Paul’s Warf 10 December 1661 Mabel Stonor (born circa 1642), daughter of Clement Stonor, of Bow Churchyard, London, goldsmith and mercer and his wife Rachel Bodens, and died 1677, having had issue,

1b Edward, born after 1661, died young.

2b Sarah, born circa 1663, married 9 April 1683 as his second wife John Whitmore, of Ludstone Hall (buried 5 November 1715), eldest son of Rev John Whitmore DD and his wife Anne Martin, and died 1752, leaving issue.

3b Thomas, of Gatacre Park, matriculated Merton College Oxford 21 March 1683, born 1665, married Mary (died 6 September 1742), and died without issue 4 October 1734.

4b Clement, of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, ironmaster, owned stock in partnership at Halesowen Furnace and Cookley and Whittington forges, born 1669, married at Pedmore, Worcestershire 22 November 1699 Mary Hickman (born 1678; died 9 September 1742) daughter of Gregory Hickman, of Stourbridge and his wife Jane (who married second Dr Joseph Ford, an uncle of Dr Samuel Johnson), and died 13 February 1726, having had issue,

1c Thomas, born circa February 1701, and died without issue 1741 (buried at Tasley 3 October 1741).

2c Edward, of Gatacre Park, baptised at Halesowen, Worcestershire 16 August 1704, married at St Benet Paul’s Wharf, London 13 July 1745 Anne Acton (born circa 1708; died at Tasley, Shropshire 29 December 1794), and died 22 November 1767 (buried at Tasley), having had issue,

1d Mabel, born circa 1746, married first at Claverley 27 January 1766 Rowland Hill, of Bewdley, Attorney (born 1733; died 22 May 1780). Mabel Hill, married second at Ludlow, Shropshire 20 May 1784 John Zouch, of Milcote, Warwickshire. Mabel Zouch, married third 1806 Thomas Haslewood, of Bridgnorth, Attorney (born circa 1728; died 1810). Mabel Haslewood, married fourth at St Mary Magdalene’s, Bridgnorth 7 October 1811 as his second wife Joseph Sparkes, of Bridgnorth, and died without issue 2 December 1831.

2d Frances, baptised at Claverley 22 April 1747, married first at Stepney 16 February 1767 Elijah Barrar, of Amblecoat (baptised at Oldswinford 26 February 1733; died at London 21 May 1769), son of Henry Barrar and his wife Carolina Batchelor, leaving issue (their only son Edward assumed the name and arms of Acton of Aldenham). Frances, married second at Claverley 27 April 1775 Goodwin Zouch, of Hagley, and was buried at Tasley 24 April 1803.

3c Clement, JP Shropshire, born 17 February 1706 (baptised at Halesowen 18 February 1707), married at Claverley 30 March 1755 his first cousin Joan Whitmore, and died without issue 5 February 1764 (buried at Tasley 9 February 1764).

4c Walter, baptised at Halesowen 20 March 1710, and died without issue before 1726.

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5c Mary, baptised at Halesowen 17 March 1713, betrothed before 1741 to Rev Walter Hickman, Incumbent of St Thomas’ Church, Stourbridge (born 24 January 1708; buried 24 September 1741). Mary Acton, married at Claverley, Shropshire 1 June 1755 as his first wife Peter Habberley, and died 1763, leaving issue.

6c James, of Wolverhampton, baptised at Halesowen 17 August 1716, and was buried without issue at Tasley 15 August 1750.

7c Mabel, baptised at Halesowen 31 October 1720, and died unmarried at Kinver, Staffordshire (buried 6 March 1772).

5b Rachel, born 1671, married Rev John Eyton, and died 25 December 1706, leaving issue.

4a Frances, baptised at Morville 13 November 1625; buried 25 May 1626.

5a A daughter, died young.

6a Robert, baptised at Morville 2 November 1628; buried 29 March 1654.

7a William, of Buildwas, draper, baptised at Morville 2 March 1629, married 29 December 1653 Mary Weaver (died 1715, buried at Morville), and was buried 21 February 1659, having had issue,

1b Edward, Captain in the Royal Navy, commanded HMS Kingston during George Rooke’s capture of Gibraltar 1704, Captain of HMS Kingston in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga 1704, was court martialed and fully and honourably acquitted, once dined with Commodore Warren and Captain Kidd, when Warren asked Kidd to spare him some men Kidd agreed to but instead got Acton and Warren drunk and slid away without giving them any men, and was killed without issue 2 May 1707.

2b Jane, married Walter Moseley, of Mere, Sheriff of Staffordshire, who acquired the Buildwas estate, son of Walter Moseley and his second wife Dorothy Billingsley, leaving issue.

8a Richard, Captain in the Royal Navy, fought in the First and Second Dutch Wars, baptised at Morville 21 April 1633, married Lydia Pearson, daughter of Pearson, of St. Clements Danes, Middlesex, and was buried at Morville, Shropshire 25 April 1674, having had issue,

1b Lydia, married at St Marys, Marylebone 7 May 1685 John Darling, of Covent Garden.

The eldest son,

Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Bt, of Aldenham, JP Shropshire 1660–65, MP for Bridgnorth 1660–61, commissioner for assessment September 1660, for loyal and indigent officers 1662, for corporations 1662, baptised at Morville 2 September 1621, married before 1650 Catherine Cresset (born 1629; died 1677), daughter of Richard Cresset, of Cound, Shropshire and his wife Jane Huxley, and was buried at Morville 3 September 1665, having had issue (in remainder to baronetcy only),

1a Sarah, baptised 1 February 1648, married Thomas Gatacre, of Gatacre, Shropshire, and was buried at Claverley 26 February 1702.

2a Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Bt, see below.

3a CAPTAIN WALTER, of London, see below.

4a Richard, vintner, linen draper in Leadenhall Street, London, and an assistant in the Royal African Company, born circa 1652, married first Anne Llewellyn, daughter of Llewellyn, of Bristol, merchant, and had issue,

1b Anne, born 1674, and married 1690 Thomas Parrot, Common Councillor of Cripplegate and linen draper of Leadenhall Street, London, leaving issue.

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2b Walter, born 1676; died 1687.

3b Richard, of Leadenhall Street, Goldsmith, baptised at St Andrew Undershaft, London 21 February 1683, and died without issue 1707.

4b Edward, baptised at St Andrew Undershaft, London 16 July 1685; died 20 July 1685.

5b Catherine, baptised at St Andrew Undershaft, London 29 January 1688, married at St Paul’s Cathedral 9 May 1705 Captain Edward Gibbon (born 1675; died 31 December 1736), son of Matthew Gibbon and his wife Hester Abrahall (see below), and died 3 April 1722, leaving issue.

(4a cont) Richard, married second at St Olave, Southwark 27 October 1698 Hester Abrahall (married first Matthew Gibbon), daughter of Thomas Abrahall of All Hallows, Barking and his wife Anne Cargill, and died 14 March 1703 (buried at St Peter upon Cornhill, London).

5a William, born 1653, probable author of A New Journal of Italy, Containing What is Most Remarkable... ; died without issue.

6a Thomas, of London, Haberdasher, born 1654, married at Morpeth, Northumberland 10 December 1678 Anne Widdrington, second daughter of Michael Widdrington, of Morpeth, Merchant, and his wife Anne, and died 1684, having had issue,

1b Edward, born 29 October 1679 (baptised at Morpeth 11 November 1679), married unknown, and died of bubonic plague without issue at Marseilles January 1721.

7a Robert, of Stepney, Mercer, Nonconformist, born 1655, married Hester Coleman (baptised at St Botolph Without, Aldgate 28 December 1656; died at Stepney 1722), daughter of Francis Coleman, of Stepney and his wife Hester, and died before 1695, having had issue,

1b Catherine, born 21 December 1681 (baptised at Saint Dunstan’s, Stepney 5 November 1686), married at Ratcliffe, Limehouse 12 March 1699 Captain Roger Carter, Captain of the Dartmouth in the East India Company’s service (died aboard his ship Dartmouth when it was wrecked near Covelong, India 1721), and died September 1727, leaving issue.

2b Francis, Mariner, born 21 November 1683 (baptised at Saint Dunstan’s, Stepney 5 November 1686), and died circa 1704.

3b Robert, Mariner, born 29 July 1686 (baptised at Saint Dunstan’s, Stepney 5 November 1686), married at All Hallows London Wall, London 17 February 1716 Mary Wood (born 1686), daughter of Humphrey Wood and his wife Rebecca, and died aboard the ship Dartmouth when it was wrecked near Covelong, India November 1721, having had issue,

1c Robert, baptised at St Mary’s, Whitechapel 24 January 1701, and died after 1722.

2c Charles, of Deptford, Kent, Waterman, baptised at St Dunstan’s, Stepney 17 November 1717, married at St Lawrence Jewry, London 25 May 1740 Ann Cook (baptised at St Dunstan’s, Stepney 10 December 1716; died 1775), daughter of Daniel Cook, Cordwainer (shoemaker) and his wife Margaret, and died at Deptford 1761, having had issue,

1d Robert, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry, London 26 July 1741; died 1741.

2d Mary, baptised at Saint Dunstan’s, Stepney 14 November 1742, and died after 1761.

3d John, of Deptford, Waterman, Victualler and Pilot for Deptford Royal Dockyard, baptised at St Anne’s, Limehouse 18 March 1744, married first at St Paul’s, Deptford, Kent 21 May 1765 Sarah Ann Badcock (buried at Deptford 2 December 1782), and had issue,

1e Sarah, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 9 April 1766, married at St Paul’s, Deptford2 May 1786 William Bond,Shipwright and died before 1841, leaving issue.

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2e Elizabeth, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 15 September 1767, and married at St Paul’s, Deptford 2 January 1787 John Wood, and was buried at All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green 31 March 1849.

3e Ann, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 7 April 1769, and was buried at St Paul’s, Deptford April 1769.

4e Ann, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 7 November 1770, and was buried at StPaul’s, Deptford 1773.

5e John Cook, Waterman, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 7 June 1772, married at St Paul’s, Deptford 19 August 1794 Rebecca Ann Hills (died at Penge, Surrey September 1854), and died at the Royal Asylum for Watermen and Lightmen in Penge, Surrey 1847, having had issue,

1f Rebecca, baptised at St Mary’s, Rotherhithe, London 6 January 1800.

2f Mary, baptised at St Mary’s, Rotherhithe, London 17 February 1802.

3f Richard, born 22 June 1809 (baptised at St George The Martyr, Southwark, London 10 July 1809).

6e Sophia, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 21 December 1774, married 17 November 1795 Thomas Baizley, of Deptford (buried at the Independent Chapel, Southwark 26 September 1813), and died at Southwark 1825, leaving issue.

7e Charles, Waterman, spent his last years in the workhouse, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 7 August 1776, and married at St Paul’s, Deptford 15 August 1799 Elizabeth Bavin. Charles Acton, married second at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets 23 October 1815 Mary Ann Smith, and was buried at St Dunstan and All Saints’, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex 13 May 1845, having had issue,

1f Mary Ann Elizabeth, born 26 September 1816 (baptised at St Saviour’s, Southwark 13 October 1816), and married at St John of Jerusalem, Hackney, Middlesex 26 December 1850 Robert Jennings, son of Robert Jennings.

2f Charles John, (possibly the Charles Acton age 30 who was convicted of larceny in Surrey 19 October 1847 - he was sentenced to four months imprisonment) born 11 August 1818 (baptised at St Saviour’s, Southwark 30 August 1818).

3f John Bond, born 14 January 1821 (baptised at St Saviour’s, Southwark 25 February 1821), and was buried at St Dunstan and All Saints’, Tower Hamlets 24 September 1821.

4f William Henry, Mariner, baptised at All Saints’ Poplar, Tower Hamlets 24 August 1823, married at Christ Church, Rotherhithe 29 November 1870 as her third husband Catherine Clark (born at Liverpool circa 1832; died at St Olave, Southwark 1880), daughter of James Clark, and had issue,

1g William John, Colliery Fireman above ground, born 22 August 1867 (baptised at St Mary’s, Rotherhithe 1 May 1868), married first at St Aidan’s, South Shields, County Durham 25 July 1894 Mary Ann Clark Meldrum (born at Dundee 1868; died at South Shields 1897), daughter of George Meldrum and his wife Elizabeth Clark. William John Acton, married second at the Register Office, South Shields 25 June 1898 Isabella Priestley (born at Kimblesworth, County Durham 1877), daughter of Thomas Priestley and his wife Eleanor Cain, and died at Houghton, County Durham 1935, having had issue,

1h George Meldrum, born at Hebburn, County Durham 1900, married at

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Houghton le Spring, County Durham 1921 Elizabeth Linden, and died at Houghton le Spring 1925, having had issue,

1i Margaret I, born at Houghton le Spring 1921, and married at Durham 1948 Frederick Rasmussen.

2i Edward M, born at Houghton le Spring 1922, married at Durham 1948 Lily F Talbot, and has issue,

1j •George Meldrum, born at Durham 1950, and married at Durham 1971 Elsie Blythyn, and has issue,

1k •Keith Edward, born at Durham 1973, and married at Durham 1993 Claire Hind, and has issue,

1l •Rebecca Louise, born at Barnsley, Yorkshire 2000.

2l •Sarah Elizabeth, born at Barnsley 2004.

2k •Christopher William, born at Durham 1984.

2j •Henry T, born at Durham 1953, married first at Durham 1975 Susan Robson. Henry T Acton, married second at Durham 1982 Kay Barnfather, and has issue,

1k •Emma, born at Durham 1982.

2h Thomas Priestley, born at Hebburn, Tyne and Wear 1902, married at Houghton le Spring 1925 Elizabeth Lincoln (born at Sunderland 30 September 1905; died at Houghton le Spring 20 March 1976), daughter of Jamese Lincoln and his wife Rose Ann McDermot, and died at Warwickshire 25 May 1977, having had issue,

1i Rose M, born at Sunderland 1926, and married at Durham 1946 Albert G Owen.

2i George M, born at Houghton le Spring 1927, (possibly married at York 1952 Ann M A Ward).

3i Thomas P, born at Houghton le Spring 1929, married at Durham 1959 Emily L Wren, and has issue,

1j •Michael, born at Durham 1960.

2j •Paul P, born at Durham 1961, married at Huntingdon 1990 Anne R Homer.

4i Elizabeth R, born at Houghton le Spring 1931, and married at Durham 1950 Thomas Wilkinson.

3h Catherine Priestley, born at Hebburn 1904, married at Houghton le Spring 31 March 1923 Wilfred Robinson (born at Hetton le Hole, County Durham 21 July 1899; died at Sunderland 1970), son of Aaron Robinson and his wife Sarah Tate, and died at Sunderland 1963, leaving issue.

4h Isabella Priestley, born at Hebburn 5 July 1906, married at Hartlepool, County Durham 1926 Thomas Wormald, and died at North Cleveland 1991, leaving issue.

5h John William, born at Houghton le Spring 9 June 1908, married at

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Hendon, Middlesex 1938 Rosina Dunn, and died at Hendon 1991, having had issue,

1i •Doris R, born at Marylebone, London 1938, and married at Hendon 1959 Geoffrey J Fendick.

2i •Audrey G, born at Hendon 1939.

3i •John, born at Hendon 1942.

4i •Margaret A, born at Hendon 1943, and married at Hendon 1961 David G Barber.

6h Eleanor Priestley, born at Houghton le Spring 1910; died 1917.

7h Andrew Melvin, born at Houghton le Spring 12 October 1912, married at Houghton le Spring 1933 Lydia Foster, and died at Sunderland 1993, having had issue,

1i •John G R, born at Houghton le Spring 1935; died at Durham 1936.

2i •Thomas Priestley, born at Houghton le Spring 1936, married at Durham 1958 Elizabeth M Laydon, and has issue,

1j •Angela M, born at Durham 1959, married at Durham 1979 Peter Bond, and has issue.

2j •Thomas Priestley, born at Durham 1962, and married at Durham 1984 Janice Eccles, and has issue,

1k •Stacey, born at Durham 1990.

2k •Rachael, born at Durham 1991.

3j •Andrew John, born at Durham 1969, married at Durham 29 July 1996 Janis Bell. Andrew John Acton, has issue by Amanda Margaret Welsh,

3k •Rebecca Elizabeth Priestley, born 27 July 2007.

3i •Leonard, born at Durham 1938.

4i •Doreen, born at Durham 1947.

5f Ann Elizabeth, baptised at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets 27 November 1827.

6f Sarah Alice, born 1 February 1829 (baptised at St Paul’s, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets 3 May 1829), and married at St John of Jerusalem, Hackney 22 July 1872 Thomas Frost, son of Thomas Frost.

7f Robert, Earthenware and Glass Dealer, baptised at St Dunstan and All Saints’, Tower Hamlets 6 April 1834, married first Mary (Allen?). Robert Acton, married second at St Dunstan and All Saints, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex 7 February 1894 as her second husband Sarah Forbester (born at Bethnal Green, Middlesex 6 October 1845; died at Watford, Hertfordshire 1915), daughter of John Forbester and his wife Anna Evans, and died at Watford 1901.

8f Margaret, baptised at St Dunstan and All Saints’, Tower Hamlets 6 April 1834, and married at St George’s, Camberwell 13 November 1859 William Baker,

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son of John Baker.

9f Catharine Sophia, born 1 January 1837 (baptised at St John of Wapping, Tower Hamlets 8 October 1843).

8e Charlotte, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 28 January 1778, married at St Giles, Camberwell, Southwark 21 January 1800 Joseph Barker, and was buried at Nunhead Cemetary, Linden Grove, Southwark 19 June 1856.

9e Maria, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 31 May 1779, and married at St Giles’, Camberwell, Surrey 17 September 1805 Luke Furlong, son of John Furlong and his wife Mary Ralph, leaving issue.

10e Harriot, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 19 June 1780, and died at Deptford November 1781.

11e William, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 13 June 1781, and died at Deptford 15 June 1781.

(3d cont) John, of Deptford, married second at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 4 March 1783 Jane Blackford (born circa 1753; died at Lewisham, London 12 April 1823), and died at Lewisham, London July 1823, having had issue,

12e Ambrose, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 13 February 1784, and died 26 September 1785.

13e Ambrose William, Corn Dealer and Shipwright, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 27 November 1785, married first at St Giles’, Camberwell, Surrey 1 March 1807 Mary Corbett (born circa 1784; died at St Mary Street, Woolwich 19 May 1836), and had issue,

1f Mary Ann, married at Bermondsey 4 November 1839 John Thomas, son of Samuel Thomas.

2f Elizabeth Caroline, born 8 September 1820 (baptised at St Mary Magdalene’s, Woolwich, Kent 8 October 1820), and married at St Mary’s, Newington, Southwark 30 September 1847 Thomas Edwards, leaving issue.

3f Jane Maria, Dressmaker, born 30 April 1823 (baptised at St Mary Magdalene’s, Woolwich, Kent 24 October 1824), and married at the Parish Church, Marylebone 14 June 1856 John Wilson, leaving issue.

(13e cont) Ambrose William, married second at St Alphage’s, Greenwich 1 November 1838 Mary Fife Bayley, School Mistress, daughter of John Bayley, and died at Greenwich 1858, having had issue,

4f William John, Violin Maker in Forest Gate, London, born 12 December 1848 (baptised at St Mary Magdalene’s, Parson’s Hill, Woolwich 4 February 1849), married at the Parish Church, Woolwich 11 May 1898 Maud Elizabeth Gallosson (born at London March 1863), daughter of William Wyly Gallosson and his wife Elizabeth Gore Welford, and died without issue at West Ham 1931.

5f Frances Louisa, born 21 June 1851 (baptised at St Mary Magdalen’s, Woolwich 20 August 1851), and married at St Alphege’s, Greenwich 20 December 1874 Walter Joseph Osborne Howe, son of Charles Osborne and his wife Mary Kenny, leaving issue.

14e Robert James, Bricklayer, Constable and Churchwarden, born 3 January 1790 (baptised at East India Company Chapel, Poplar 26 January 1790), married at Hanover Square, London 8 August 1814 Katharine Williams (born circa 1788; died at

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Acton, Middlesex 15 March 1861), and died 14 August 1870 (buried at St Mary’s, Acton, London 18 August 1870), having had issue,

1f Martha, born 7 February 1816 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 3 March 1816), and was buried at Acton, London 13 January 1892.

2f Jane, born 4 May 1817 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 8 June 1817).

3f Catherine, born 5 October 1818 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 1 November 1818).

4f John Robert, Builder, born at Acton, London circa 1820, married at St Marylebone, Westminster 29 September 1861 as her second husband Eliza Williams, daughter of James Burnham, and died at 2 Cromwell Cottages, Cromwell Street, Hounslow 9 April 1890.

5f Louisa, born 10 July 1821 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 17 March 1822).

6f Robert James, born 2 September 1825 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 16 October 1825), and was buried at St Mary’s, Acton, London 21 February 1832.

7f Cecilia, born 26 September 1827 (baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 21 October 1827).

8f William Thomas, Market Gardner, baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 11 April 1830, married at St George, Hanover Square, London 1863 Eliza James, and died 17 December 1891, having had issue,

1g Katharine Jane, baptised at St Mary’s, Acton, London 22 May 1864.

2g Robert James, baptised at All Saints’, South Acton, London 9 July 1865, married at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster 24 September 1896 Mary Evans Page (born at Brentford, Middlesex 1873), and had issue,

1h Violet Mary, born 1897 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Heston, Hounslow, Middlesex 6 April 1902), and married at Brentford 1929 Frank W Latham, leaving issue.

2h Ivy Maude, born 1899 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Heston 6 April 1902), and married at Brentford 1929 John D Francis.

3h Norah May, born 1902 (baptised at St Leonard’s, Heston 6 April 1902), and married at Brentford 1927 Thomas H L Lewis.

4h Marjorie Ethal, born 1904, and married at Brentford 1931 Gilbert W Seabright, leaving issue.

5h Dorothy Gladys, born 1910, and married at Hendon, Middlesex 1935 John N Murray-Shirreff.

6h Alwyne Robert E, born 1912, and married at Epping, Essex 1943 Hilda M Warriner (born at Epping 1922), daughter of Frank Warriner and his wife Dorothy E Buckby, and died at Epping 1962, having had issue,

1i +Robert James, Driving Instructor, (35 Sheering Lower Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire CM21 9LF) born at Essex 1944.

2i •Jane F, born at Essex 1947, and married at Epping, Essex 1967 David R Ash, and has issue.

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3g Sarah Ann, born circa 1870, married at Southwark 14 September 1899 Robert Frederick Gray Taylor, son of Robert Taylor.

4g William Thomas Trubshaw, Material Agent for Electric Tramways, baptised at All Saints’, South Acton, London 5 July 1874.

5g Horace Charles, Market Garden Manager, baptised at All Saints’, South Acton, London 10 September 1879, married at South Stoneham 1921 Olga Nadine Brill (born at Ealing, Middlesex June 1887; died at Diss, Norfolk), daughter of Walter Brill and his wife Annie Maria Hutchins, and had issue,

1h Olga Katherine Nadine, Nurse at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton, born at Southampton 26 September 1922, married at Depwade, Norfolk 1945 Jack W Carter, and died at Leicester 23 December 2008, leaving issue.

15e Rebecca Anne, born 12 September 1791 (baptised at East India Company Chapel, Poplar, 10 October 1791, married at St Pancras’, Euston Road, London 22 December 1817 Thomas Nichols, Corn Chandler (died at Tower Hamlets 14 February 1837), and died at Stepney 1863, leaving issue.

16e Louisa, born 26 September 1793 (baptised at East India Company Chapel, Poplar 4 October 1793), married at St Saviour’s, Southwark 3 February 1838 William Skinner, Ironmonger, son of James Skinner, and died 1876.

4d Ann, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 11 May 1746, and died after 1761.

5d Sarah, baptised at St Paul’s, Deptford 10 May 1747, and died before 1761.

4b Richard, Mariner, died after 1703.

8a Francis, of St Michael’s Lane, London, Private Banker, Director of the South Sea Company (August 1712-February 1715), Deputy Governor of the Royal African Company (1721), a strong Tory and an acquaintance of Jonathan Swift for whom he may have forwarded letters and banked, born 1657, and died without issue at Putney 24 August 1733.

9a Elizabeth, married first John Betkin, of Southwark (died before 1686). Elizabeth Betkin, married second at St Dunstan’s, Stepney 22 July 1686 Peter Crouch, of London, apothecary, leaving issue.

10a Catherine, born 11 November 1664 (baptised at Morville 17 November 1664), married first Captain Robert Thomas (born 1654; killed at the Battle of Aughrim 12 July 1691), second son of Sir Robert Thomas, 2nd Bt and his wife Mary Jenkins. Catherine Acton, married second Thomas Evans, of London, draper.

The eldest son,

Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Bt, of Aldenham, JP (Shropshire 1678–88), educated Queen’s College Oxford matriculated 4 May 1666 aged 16, Inner Temple 1670, JP Shropshire 1678–88, Sheriff of Shropshire 1684–85, MP for Bridgnorth 1689–1705, returned negative answers to the first two questions on the repeal of the Penal Laws and Test Act, in the Convention Parliament he voted to agree with the Lords that the throne was not vacant, baptised 6 February 1649, married 8 December 1674 Mary Walter (baptised at Olveston, Gloucestershire 29 November 1650; died 2 February 1713), daughter and heiress of John Walter, of Elberton, Gloucestershire and his wife Elizabeth Walter, daughter of John Walter of Persfielde, Gloucestershire, and died 28 September 1716 (buried at Morville 4 October 1716), having had issue,

1a Sarah, baptised at Morville 1 February 1675, married first at Morville 28 January 1696 Thomas Childe, of The Birch, Kinlet, Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire 1705 (buried at Kinlet 13 April 1708),

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second son of Sir William Childe and his wife Anne Lacon, leaving issue. Sarah, married second at St Botolph, Bishopsgate 27 November 1708 as his second wife Rev Robert Phillips, Vicar of Kinlet (baptised at St Chad’s, Shrewsbury 11 September 1670; died 11 October 1735, buried at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury), son of James Phillips and his wife Ursula, leaving issue.

2a Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Bt (twin), see below.

3a Mary, (twin) baptised at Morville 1 April 1678; buried 18 January 1748.

4a Frances, baptised at Morville 13 January 1679, married at Llanstadwell, Pembrokeshire Rev Timothy Collins, of Shropshire (baptised at Stoke St Milborough, Shropshire 8 August 1688), son of John Collins and his wife Elizabeth Pierce, and died October 1718 giving birth to two boys who died soon after.

5a Edward, of Acton Scott, born 2 February 1680, married circa 1715 Mary Gibson (widow of Michael Bird, of Shrewsbury, buried 22 October 1747), and died without issue 29 November 1747.

6a Elizabeth, baptised at Morville 16 May 1683, married at Morville 12 June 1708 Richard Fleming, of Westhope, Sibdon and Shadwell-on-Clun, Shropshire (baptised at Diddlebury 20 July 1681; died 20 June 1748, buried at Clun), son of John Fleming and his wife Elizabeth Edwards, and was buried at Morville 6 February 1738, leaving issue.

7a Catherine, baptised at Morville 16 October 1684, married at Morville 26 March 1713 Robert Phillips, of Cruckmeole, Shropshire (baptised at Pontesbury 13 April 1676; buried at Pontesbury 1772), son of Robert Phillips and his wife Mary Owen, and died 17 October 1743 (buried at Pontesbury), leaving issue.

8a Rev John, DD, Vicar of Clun, Shropshire, baptised at Morville 1 December 1687, married at Diddlesbury 25 July 1723 Beatrice Fleming (baptised at Clun 4 February 1699; sister of Richard Fleming, see above), and died at Diddlesbury 4 June 1745 (buried at Diddlesbury 11 June 1745), having had issue,

1b Edward, of Acton Scott, educated at Balliol, Oxford, baptised at Diddlesbury 24 May 1724, married at Woolhope, Herefordshire 26 September 1750 Anne Gregory (died 20 February 1780), eldest daughter of William Gregory, of Woolhope, Herefordshire and his wife Susannah Brydges, and died at Acton Scott 23 July 1775, having had issue,

1c Anne, baptised at All Saints’, Hereford 27 August 1751; died 29 August 1751.

2c Theresa Susannah, baptised at Acton Scott 18 April 1754, married at Acton Scott 21 April 1773 John Stackhouse, of Pendarves (born at Trehane, Cornwall 1742; died at Bath 22 November 1819), son of Rev William Stackhouse DD and his wife Catherine Williams, and died 31 December 1833 leaving issue who assumed the name and arms of Acton of Aldenham.

The eldest son,

Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Bt, of Aldenham, (twin) educated St Edmund Hall Oxford 1695 and Middle Temple 1699, MP Bridgnorth 1710–13, classed as a Tory in the Hanover List and a member of the October Club, baptised at Morville 1 April 1678, married Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon, of Putney, Surrey and his wife Hester Abrahall (see above), and died 17 January 1732, having had issue,

1a Edward, born 14 January 1709 (baptised at St Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth 25 January 1709); died 1721.

2a Sir Richard Acton, 5th Bt, see below.

3a Thomas, baptised at Acton Round 6 April 1713; buried at Acton Round 28 April 1722.

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4a Hester, baptised at Acton Round 29 July 1714; buried at Morville 8 March 1720.

5a Elizabeth, baptised at Acton Round 28 May 1716, married Robert Barnston, of Churton, Cheshire, wine merchant (baptised at Holy Trinity, Chester 21 July 1715; died 7 August 1783, buried at Farndon, Chester), second son of Roger Barnston and his wife Jane Gregge, and was buried at Farndon 23 November 1799, leaving issue.

6a John, baptised at Acton Round 5 July 1717; buried at Acton Round December 1717.

7a Jane, baptised at Acton Round 4 April 1719; died unmarried 28 May 1759.

8a Mary, born 22 November 1720, married at Enville 6 March 1760 as his second wife Rev Samuel Wanley, DD, Rector of Elmley Lovett (died 1776), and died without issue February 1776.

9a Walter, baptised at Morville 20 February 1721; buried 12 May 1722.

The eldest son,

Sir Richard Acton, 5th Bt, of Aldenham, Sheriff of Shropshire 1751-52, committee member of Bridgnorth racetrack, where he entered horses in two races in 1741, converted to Catholicism, born 1 January 1711, married 1744 Lady Anne Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford and his wife Dorothy Wright, and died 20 November 1791, having had issue,

1a Elizabeth, baptised at Morville 26 October 1745, married at Morville 18 May 1775 Philip Langdale, of Houghton, Yorkshire, and died without issue 12 January 1802.

2a Frances, baptised at Morville 12 May 1749; died 1762.

The second son of Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Bt,

CAPTAIN WALTER ACTON, of London, mercer for forty years at the Cow’s Face in King Street near Guildhall, Steward and one of the Governors (along with Jonathan Swift) of Bethlem (Bedlam) and Bridewell hospitals in London, common councilman in Cheap Ward, one of the commissioners of the lieutenancy in London, born July 1651 (baptised at Upton Cressett 6 August 1651), married at Brington, Huntingdonshire 1 October 1678 Catherine Pocklington (born circa 1655; died 18 November 1722), daughter of the Revend Oliver Pocklington, MD, Rector of Brington and his wife Catherine Towers, and died 11 March 1718, having had issue (in remainder to baronetcy only),

1a EDWARD, see below.

2a Walter, born 13 November 1680 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry, London 18 November 1680); died 15 November 1685.

3a Katharine, born 10 June 1682 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 20 June 1682); died 22 June 1682.

4a John, of the custom house, London, and Deputy-Collector to the 1st Duke of Manchester, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 7 August 1683, married circa 1710 Young Steventon (sister of his brother Edward’s wife; died 21 February 1715; buried at Camberwell, Surrey), and died 3 June 1721 (buried at Camberwell, Surrey), having had issue,

1b Rev John, MA, Rector of Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, born 26 June 1712 (baptised at St Olave, Hart Street, London 27 June 1712), married unknown (died before 27 October 1770), and died without issue 1775.

2b Walter, born 29 August 1713 (baptised at St Olave, Hart Street, London 12 September 1713), and died between 1733 and 1739.

3b Young, baptised at St Olave, Hart Street, London 28 December 1714; died March 1722.

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4b Charles, of Westminster, London, born 16 February 1715 (baptised at St Olave, Hart Street, London 17 February 1715), and died without issue 1740.

5a Walter, born 19 December 1685 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 28 December 1685); died 3 February 1686.

6a Thomas, born 25 December 1686 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 6 January 1687); died 22 October 1692.

7a William, born 13 January 1688 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 26 January 1688); died 25 February 1688.

8a Mary Anne, born 13 October 1689; died 14 December 1689.

9a Margaret, born 2 November 1690 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 12 November 1690); died after 1741.

10a Richard, factor to Bombay in the service of the East India Company 1714, merchant 1721, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 29 December 1691, married at India, and died without issue at the Hugli River, West Bengal in a fire aboard the Okham 27 November 1734.

11a Elizabeth, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 27 March 1693; died April 1693.

12a Anne, born 21 August 1694 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 4 September 1694), married John Hopwood, of St. Pauls, Covent Garden, and died 19 October 1740, leaving issue.

13a Oliver, of the Inner Temple, Attorney at the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster, Steward of Christ’s, St Thomas’ and Bridewell hospitals, London, goldsmith, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 28 November 1695, and died without issue 1754.

14a Nicholas, born 30 October 1697 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 9 November 1697); died 5 July 1699.

15a Frances, born 30 July 1699 (baptised at St Lawrence Jewry 3 August 1699), married Thomas Goddard, citizen and apothecary of London, (died before 1771), and died 20 September 1771, leaving issue.

16a Charles, born 17 May 1701; died young.

The eldest son,

EDWARD ACTON, goldsmith and banker in Birchin Lane, London, born 11 November 1679 (baptised at Brington, Huntingdonshire 23 November 1679), married Catherine Steventon (born circa 1680; died 25 December 1715; buried at Camberwell, Surrey), daughter of John Steventon, of Dodhill, Shropshire and his wife Hon Mary Newport, and died 3 May 1728 (buried at Camberwell, Surrey), having had issue,

1a Catherine, born 21 May 1708 (baptised at St Dunstan-in-the-East, London 3 June 1708), married at St James’, Westminster 25 October 1744 John Darrell, of York Street, St James’, London, Banker (born 10 April 1706, baptised at Putney 13 April 1706; died 16 January 1768, buried at Bath Abbey 23 January 1768), youngest son of Edward Darrell, of Putney and his second wife Elizabeth Briscoe, and died 19 November 1774 (buried at Bath Abbey 24 November 1774), leaving issue.

2a DOCTOR EDWARD, see below.

3a John, Commodore-in-Chief of the Adriatic fleet of Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, Knight of the Order of Saint Stephan, plotted to conquer Bengal with James Mill in the name of Francis I 1747, converted to Catholicism, born 22 August 1710 (baptised at St Dunstan-in-the-East, London 5

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September 1710), and died unmarried at Pisa 9 November 1766 (buried at Church of San Vito, Pisa).

4a Phillip, born 4 December 1711 (baptised at St Dunstan-in-the-East, London 18 December 1711), and died young.

The eldest son,

DOCTOR EDWARD ACTON, MD, of Besançon, Burgundy, educated by Samuel Palmer at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, born 11 June 1709 (baptised at St Dunstan-in-the-East, London 20 June 1709), married 5 July 1735 Anne-Cathérine Loys (born 20 May 1714; died 4 May 1767, buried at St Marcellin Church, Besançon), daughter of Philippe Loys, of Burgundy, and his wife Marguerite Glantine Quirot, who hid her daughter in a convent when she discovered that Edward was courting her, until Edward found her by converting to Catholicism and getting appointed doctor to every convent in the area, and died instantly when he banged his head on a low door frame while visiting a patient, and was buried at Bouglainval, Eure-et-Loire, France 4 October 1781 (in 1793, a band of French Revolutionaries from Maintenon, having looted the church, broke open his lead coffin and threw his corpse into the street), having had issue,

1a Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt, see below.

2a Joseph Edward, created Patrician of Naples 1802, Lieutenant-General in service of the King of Naples, Governor of Gaeta, wounded at the Battle of Rossbach, born 1 October 1737, married Countess Eleanora Berghe von Trips, of Düsseldorf, daughter of Count Franz Adolf Anselm von Berghe von Trips, of Burg Hemmersbach and his wife Baroness Eleonore Kunigunde von Rathsamshausen, and died 12 January 1830, having had issue,

1b Charles Joseph, Patrician of Naples, Brigadier-General in the Royal Neapolitan Navy, born 4 July 1783 (baptised at Burg Hemmersbach, Rhineland 24 July 1783), married 12 April 1817 Countess Zoë Emelia Teodora Guigues d’Albon (born at Kreuzlingen 11 November 1796; died at Naples 9 November 1854), daughter of Count Jean Antoine Alexis Guigues d'Albon and his wife Countess Maria Anna Berghe von Trips, and died 11 October 1863, having had issue,

1c Eduardo, Patrician of Naples, born 7 February 1818, and died without issue 25 March 1838.

2c Francesca, born 16 October 1820; died 11 February 1836.

3c Riccardo, Patrician of Naples, born 24 February 1822, married 1848 Giuseppina Troccoli and died 1880, having had issue,

1d Laura, born at Torino 20 April 1852, married at Naples 20 July 1875 Giuseppe Monti, and died at Casamicciola 29 October 1897.

2d Adelaide, born 3 November 1853, and died 1 October 1927.

3d Eduardo Constantino, Patrician of Naples, born 8 September 1857, married 14 October 1888 Maria Acton (born 23 October 1865; died 8 January 1942), daughter of Carlo Eduardo Acton, of Naples and his wife Michelina Pignatelli (see below), and died without issue at Rome 16 September 1922.

4c Georgiana Maria, Lady Order Starry Cross, born at Castellammare di Stabia 12 May 1823, married at Schwertberg 25 August 1847 Count Kurt Reinicke zur Lippe-Weissenfeld (born at Erlangen 29 July 1812; died at Graz 28 December 1895), younger son of Count Karl Friedrich Herman zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and his first wife Carolina von Lang auf Mutenau, and died at Graz 30 December 1891, leaving issue.

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5c Ernesto, Patrician of Naples, Captain of Dragoons, born 24 March 1824, and died without issue 13 July 1884.

6c Vice-Admiral Guglielmo, Patrician of Naples, Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Italian Minister of the Marine, Italian Senator, ADC to King Umberto I of Italy, Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of St Anna, Order of Charles III, failed to halt Garibaldi and his Thousand at Marsala, born at Castellammare di Stabia 25 March 1825, married 16 March 1852 Maria Guglielmina Ramirez (died at Livorno 1905), daughter of Marquis Ramirez, and died at Naples 29 November 1896, having had issue,

1d Maria Amalia, born at Naples 16 February 1854, married 30 August 1894 Antonio Fasciglione, and died 28 January 1919.

2d Carlo, Patrician of Naples, Colonel in the Bersaglieri Regiment, born at Naples 8 August 1856, married 24 April 1887 Anna Inglis (died 1923), and died at Livorno 28 March 1905, having had issue,

1e Guglielmo, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 25 November 1888; died 12 January 1903.

2e Roberto, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 25 April 1890; died without issue at Venezia 26 June 1930.

3e Maria, born 1893, married Captain Guido Mezzadri, and died at Naples 20 November 1934.

3d Enrico, Patrician of Naples, Italian Minister Plenipotentiary, born at Naples 23 July 1858, married at Berlin 27 April 1892 Elena Rizo Rangabé (born at Linz Castle, Rhineland 8 April 1872; died at Rome 12 December 1960), daughter of Prince Cleone Rizo Rangabé, Greek Minister of Education and his wife Baroness Dorothy von Geroldt zur Leyen, and died at Nice, France 22 August 1928, having had issue,

1e Maria Guglielmina Margherita Laura Enrichetta, born at Orano 20 April 1893, married first at Nice, France 2 March 1918 (divorced 1921) Count Carlo André Marie Joseph Paul Pozzo di Borgo, leaving issue. Countess Maria Guglielmina Margherita Laura Enrichetta Pozzo di Borgo married second at Cannes 17 March 1924 Dr Lucien Hirtzmann de Luttange (died 21 December 1965), son of Julien Hirtzmann de Luttange, and died at Paris 29 March 1970, leaving issue.

2e Dorotea Carlotta Roberta Giuseppina Elena, born at Orano 20 April 1893, married at Lugano 17 November 1921 Prince Raoul Bibica-Rosetti, Greek Minister Plenipotentiary in Belgrade, Johannesburg and Ottawa (born at Kiphissia, Athens, Greece 15 July 1893; died 10 April 1967), son of Prince Salvator Bibica-Rosetti, Colonel in the Greek Army, leaving issue.

3e Margherita, born at Cairo 21 November 1896; married at Geneva 25 March 1920 Lieutenant-Colonel Gonsalvo Summonte, Italian Minister Plenipotentiary in Lima, Peru (died 1 November 1959), son of Celestino Summonte, Mayor of Naples, leaving issue.

4e Roberta, born at Tharandt, Germany 2 August 1898; married at Geneva 15 March 1920 Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Phillips, DSO, MC (died 20 August 1938), and died 11 April 1953, leaving issue.

5e Giovanna, born 26 July 1901; died 16 February 1915.

4d Roberto, Patrician of Naples, born 6 May 1860; died 11 September 1887.

7c Maria Costantina, born 28 March 1826; died 31 July 1827.

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8c Maria Elisabetta, born 23 July 1827; died 18 October 1842.

9c Laura, born at Naples 2 March 1829, married first at Naples 6 April 1847 Prince Domenico Beccadelli di Bologna (born at Palermo 13 August 1826; died at Paris 22 January 1863), son of Giuseppe Beccadelli di Bologna, 9th Prince of Camporeale and his wife Marianna Beccadelli di Bologna, leaving issue. Laura, married second 4 September 1864 Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (born at Bologna 18 November 1818; died at Rome 10 December 1886), and died at Bologna 12 September 1915.

10c Francesco, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 28 January 1830, married at Lucca 10 April 1863 Clotilde Burlamacchi (died at Lucca 7 August 1885), daughter of Silvestro Burlamacchi, of Lucca, and died at Lucca 6 May 1908, having had issue,

1d Anna Carolina Maria, Nun, born at Lucca 31 October 1864; died at Lucca 17 September 1942.

2d Maria Angelina, born at Lucca 11 September 1866; died unmarried at Lucca 11 February 1950.

11c Vice-Admiral Ferdinando, Patrician of Naples, Mininster for Marine and War, ADC to the King of Italy, born 16 July 1832, married 16 December 1856 Ninfa Ramirez (died 7 August 1885), daughter of Marquis Ramirez, of Naples, and died 18 February 1891, having had issue,

1d Maria Eleanora, born 12 February 1858; died 1858.

2d Maria Noemi, born 28 June 1859; died 17 February 1860.

3d Anna Noemi, born at Naples 18 November 1861, married at Rome 14 January 1889 Alfredo Lucifero, Marquis of Aprigliano, Captain in the Italian Navy (died 1909), and died at Rome 17 September 1927.

4d Filomena Ferdinanda, born at Naples 10 November 1864; died at Rome 10 April 1941.

5d Alfredo, KCB (Hon), Patrician of Naples, created 1925 an Italian baron, Bailiff Sovereign Military Order Malta, Chief of Italian Naval Staff, Admiral Italian Navy, Senator and Minister of State, born at Castellammare di Stabia 12 September 1867, married 23 October 1907 Livia Giudice Caracciolo, Dame Sovereign Military Order Malta, Dame Grand Cross Constantinian Order St George 1959 (died 1963), daughter of Giudice Caracciolo, Prince of Cellamare, of Naples, and died at Naples 26 March 1934, having had issue,

1e Ferdinando Amedeo Maria, 12th Prince of Leporano and a Baron, Patrician of Naples, Knight Sovereign Military Order Malta, Bailiff and Knight Grand Cross Justice, Grand Inquisitor Constantinian Order St George, Patrician of Naples, Grandee Spain 1st Cl, LLD, 1st Italian Grenadiers, born at Naples 27 September 1908, married at Naples 15 June 1946 •Emilia del Balzo, Dame Justice Constantinian Order St George (born at Sarno 15 September 1926), only daughter of Count Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano and his wife Ida Lanzara, and died at Naples 12 July 1979, having had issue,

1f +Giovanni Alfredo Maria, 13th Prince of Leporano and a Baron, Patrician of Naples, (Palazzo Cellamar a Chiaja, Naples, 58 via Panama, Rome, La Chiusa, Cittanova di Calabria, Cannavá, near Gioia Tauro, Italy), born at Naples 26 February 1948, Knight Justice Constantinian Order St George 1969.

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2f •Maria Eleonora Carlotta (Palazzo Cellences, Naples, Pizzo di Calabria, Italy), born at Naples 19 April 1949, Dame Justice Constantinian Order St George, married at Naples 15 June 1972 Pier Luigi Taccone, Marquis of Sitizano, Patrician of Tropea, Knight Justice Constantinian Order St George (born at Reggio Calabria 24 April 1944), and has issue.

2e Francesco Eduardo Maria, Captain Italian Navy, Patrician of Naples, created 11 January 1940 a Baron of the Kingdom of Italy, Kt SMO Malta, Knight Justice Constantinian Order St George, born at Castellammare di Stabia 24 August 1910, married at Naples 11 June 1941 Maria-Ida (Dame Justice Constantinian Order St George), only daughter of Baron Giuseppe Ameglio, of Taranto and his wife Emma d’Ippolito Olmi, and died at Naples 12 November 1997, having had issue,

1f Alfred, a Baron and Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 1 March 1942, died at Naples as the result of an accident 29 April 1946.

6d Maria Vittoria, born at Naples 23 June 1869, married at Rome 14 June 1902 Count Pietro Mencacci, of Rome, and died at Rome 20 July 1930.

7d Amedeo Ferdinand Maria, Prince of Villa Santa Maria in right of his wife, Patrician of Naples, Vice-Admiral Italian Navy, born at Naples 16 January 1871, married at Naples 3 June 1900 Anna Giulia Giudice Caracciolo, 10th Princess of Villa Santa Maria, Dame Grand Cross Constantinian Order St George (born at Naples 29 March 1870; died 5 April 1969), daughter of Giuseppe Caracciolo, 4th Prince of Cellamare and 9th Prince of Villa Santa Maria and his wife Giulia Brunas Serra, and died without issue at Naples 25 November 1938.

8d Maria Margherita, born 6 November 1872, married 1901 Tommaso Messineo (died 1950) and died 12 August 1949.

9d Gemma, born 15 January 1875, married 1923 Count Zilio Zorzi (died 1958), of Venice and Rome, and died 23 June 1961.

12c Vice-Admiral Ruggiero Emerik, Patrician of Naples, Knight of the Military Order of Savoy (1861), Bronze Medal of Military Valor (1884), born at Naples 16 August 1834, and died without issue at Naples 17 July 1901.

13c Eugene Arthur Roger, Patrician of Naples, born 12 February 1836, married 1879 as her second husband Amelia Eden Spong (died 1895), daughter of Francis Mallet Spong and his wife Marianne Eden, and died at Naples 21 December 1895, having had issue,

1d Arthur Mario, born 15 March 1873, married 1903 Hortense Mitchell (born 1871; died 1962), daughter of William Mitchell, and died 22 March 1953, having had issue,

1e Sir Harold Mario Mitchell, CBE (1965), FRSL, educated Eton and Oxford, author of The Bourbons of Naples, the autobiographical works Peonies and Ponies and Memoirs of an Aesthete, knighted 1974, born 5 July 1904, and died unmarried 27 February 1994.

2e William Hamilton, born 16 August 1906, and died unmarried 30 August 1944.

(1d cont) Arthur Mario, had further issue by Ersilia Beacci, Governess at La Pietra,

3e Liana BEACCI, born 1917, married Giorgio Lensi Orlandi Cardini, and died 2000 leaving issue.

14c Gustavo, Patrician of Naples, Commander in the Italian Navy, born 17 February 1838, married Baroness Mathilde von Gablenz (died 11 July 1889), daughter of Marshal Baron

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von Gablenz, and died without issue 27 April 1880.

15c Harold Edmund, Patrician of Naples, born 15 April 1839, married at St Mary’s, Chelsea 22 December 1870 Louisa Monica Coulthurst (died 1888), daughter of John Nicholas Coulthurst, of Gargrave House, Yorkshire, and died 19 February 1902.

2b Mary Anne (Nonna), born at Naples 10 September 1786, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, married 22 February 1800 (papal dispensation 13 January 1799) her uncle Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt (see below), and died 15 March 1873. Mary Anne had further issue by Pierre Louis Auguste Ferron, Comte de La Ferronays, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, son of Chevalier Emmanuel Henry Eugène Ferron and his wife Marie Anne Perrine Adélaïde Fournier de Bellevue.

3b Francis Edward, Patrician of Naples, Ensign in the Royal Neapolitan Navy, transferred to the Royal Navy and served aboard HMS Donegal which joined Nelson’s fleet trailing the French fleet to the West Indies and back in 1805, fought at the Battle of San Dominigo in the West Indies 20 January 1806, born at Burg Hemmersbach, Kerpen, Germany 15 December 1788, was wounded during the conquest of the French islands Désirade and Maria Galante, and died of his wounds on his ship in April 1808 (buried at sea).

4b Henry, Patrician of Naples, volunteered in the Royal Neapolitan Navy serving on the ‘Ceres’ then the ‘Pompei’ during the Battle of Copenhagen (1807), resigned from the Neapolitan service 11 April 1812, commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons he was present at the Battle of Toulouse (1814) and fought at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), born at Metz, Lorraine 10 July 1790, married at the British Embassy Chapel, Paris 2 September 1817 Charlotte Clugston, only daughter of Dr Alexander Grant Clugston, Surgeon-General to the Army of Bombay, and died after 1851, having had issue,

1c Henry, Patrician of Naples, Lieutenant 4th Madras Cavalry (Court Martial 6 November 1846), born 1824, married at Bangalore, India 3 August 1846 Laura Augusta Hutchison (born at India 1828; died at Fulham 1897), daughter of Captain George Hutchison, M.A., and died at Ramsgate, Kent 16 April 1865, having had issue,

1d Richard George, Patrician of Naples, Travelling Salesman, born at India circa 1847, married first Elizabeth (born at England circa June 1849), and had issue,

1e Amy F, born at Australia 3 July 1867.

2e Evelyn G, born at Kentucky, USA August 1871, married William E Converse (born at Massachusetts December 1871), leaving issue.

3e Percy George, Patrician of Naples, born at Massachusetts, USA 18 May 1875, married May L Summers (died at Lake Worth, Florida), and died at West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 1947, having had issue,

1f Evelyn G, born at Ohio, USA 1903.

2f Elbert Walter, Patrician of Naples, born at Nolfolk, Massachusetts, USA 8 November 1909, married at Broward County, Florida 1932 Ethel Marie Harbold (born at Indiana, USA 4 December 1911; died at West Palm Beach, Florida 12 May 1989), daughter of George Ezekiel Harbold and his wife Emma Headley, and died at West Palm Beach, Florida 30 November 1963, having had issue,

1g •Charlotte, married Charles Opdenaker (born at Lenni, Pennsylvania 13 January 1935), and has issue.

2g +Raymond E, Patrician of Naples, born 4 October 1940, and has issue,

1h •A daughter.

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2h •An adopted daughter.

3g +Richard Harbold, Patrician of Naples, born 25 February 1945, married at Orange, Florida 15 June 1974, and has issue,

1h +A son, Patrician of Naples.

2h +A son, Patrician of Naples, has issue,

1g +A son, Patrician of Naples.

(1d cont) Richard George, married second at Chicago, USA May 1885 Eugenie Mary Adkins (born at London 24 January 1860; died 1939; married second Lincoln Russel Vercoe), daughter of James Adkins, of London and his wife Caroline Matilda Davis, and died at St Louis, Missouri, USA 13 August 1891, having had issue,

4e Paul Reginald, Patrician of Naples, Lieutenant US Army WW I, born at Minneapolis 31 July 1886, married at Jefferson City 9 February 1907 Bertha Helen Le Duc (died 1973), daughter of Jules Le Duc II, of Stone County, Mo., and died at Detroit 6 February 1951, having had issue,

1f Pauline Laura, born at Otto, Missouri 25 December 1907, married at Bethlehem, USA August 1929 Charles Henry Heiney Jr (born 11 July 1903; died 5 February 1950), and has two sons, two daughters and an adopted daughter.

2f Richard Le Duc, Patrician of Naples, born at Maywood, Cook County, Illinois 3 January 1914, married at Maywood 17 November 1933 Alberta Althea Budwiser, daughter of Francis Joseph Budwiser, of Dubuque, Iowa, and died at Orange, California 26 December 1989, having had issue,

1g Dennis Richard, Patrician of Naples, born at Oak Park, Illinois 21 October 1938, married first 2 June 1961 (divorced 1971) Susan Caroline Miklethum (born 19 September 1940), daughter of Ruddolph Hartvik Miklethum, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and had issue,

1h +Christopher Michael, Patrician of Naples, born 21 February 1962, married first Carla Beth Stokes (born 28 October 1966), daughter of Tex Stokes, of Sullivan, Illinois, and has issue,

1i •Mikhaila Lauryl, born 12 September 1989.

(1h cont) +Christoper Michael, married second 20 July 1996 (divorced 2009), Gail Janice Gellenthin (born 24 September 1965), daughter of John Franklin Gellenthin III of Sewell, New Jersey, and has issue,

2i •Allison Faith, born 27 June 1997.

3i •Angela Brooke, born 2 February 1999.

4i +Michael James, Patrician of Naples, born 6 January 2002.

2h •Julia Ann, born 20 September 1964, married •Juan Carlos Arcineiga, of Peru, leaving issue.

3h +Paul Reginald (Chip), Patrician of Naples, born at Green Bay 5 May 1968, married Kristen Ann Honkomp (born 9 August 1968), daughter of Jerald Dennis Honkomp, of Iowa, and has issue,

1i •Kendyl Lauren, born 18 December 1997.

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2i •Keegan Taylor, born 2000.

(1g cont) Dennis Acton, Patrician of Naples married second 1973 •Frances Lee Stark (born 1 March 1934), daughter of Harold Stark, of Huntington Beach, California, and died at San Juan Capistrano, California 15 April 2010.

2g Paul Reginald, Patrician of Naples, born 18 April 1943, married first 6 June 1971 Sharon June McDougal, daughter of Robert H McDougal of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul Reginald II, married second 1983 •Suzanne Erickson, daughter of Eugene Erickson, of Minneapolis, and died without issue 22 October 2008.

2e Gladys Mary, born 3 July 1888, married 28 November 1911 William Lindsay Thomson (died 27 December 1929), of Los Angeles, son of Peter N M I Thomson, and died 27 December 1979, having had issue a son and two daughters.

2d Charlotte Augusta Lousia, baptised at St Barnabas’, Kensington 17 December 1848, married first at St Peter’s, Easton Square 27 July 1865 Herbert Augustus Rous Jenner (died without issue 1 April 1875), sixth son of Robert Francis Jenner, of Wenvoe Castle, Glanmorganshire. Charlotte Augusta Lousia, married second Paul Baveas (died 1903), and died 1909.

3d Isabella, born at Canada circa 1855.

4d Henrietta Georgina, born at Canada circa 1858, married at St Luke’s, Chelsea, London 8 October 1874 (divorced) James Alfred Briggs, BCS, son of Thomas Briggs, and died 1887.

5d Jane, born at New York circa 1860.

6d A daughter.

2c Charlotte, born circa 1820, married at St George’s, Hanover Square, London 28 July 1851 Douglas Baird (born 31 March 1808; died 7 December 1854), son of Alexander Baird and his wife Jane Moffat, and died 30 September 1868, leaving issue.

3c A son, Patrician of Naples.

4c A son, Patrician of Naples.

5b Isabella Augusta Frances, born 12 January 1794, married at Palermo 10 August 1812 Johann Heinrich, Baron von Dachenhausen, ADC to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo (born at Hanau 31 January 1781; died at Niedersbach, near Frankfurt 26 December 1865), and died at Naples 23 November 1841, leaving issue.

6b Francis Charles, Patrician of Naples, Lieutenant in the 6th Line Battalion of the King’s German Legion, fought in Catalonia (1812-1813) during the Peninsula War, born 23 July 1796, married 2 December 1820 Esther Maria Fagan (died 11 November 1859; widow of William Baker), daughter of Robert Fagan and his wife Anna Maria Aloisia Rosa Ferri, and died at Naples 25 May 1865, having had issue,

1c Francesco, Patrician of Naples, born 1 November 1824; died 1 November 1826.

2c Riccardo, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 28 January 1826, married at Naples 17 June 1848 Irene Pignatelli (born 9 December 1829; died 9 March 1872), daughter of Prince Michele Pignatelli di Cherchiara and his wife Giovanna di Sangro, and died at Naples 12 January 1858, having had issue,

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1d Francesco, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 9 September 1849, and died without issue at Naples 19 April 1891.

2d Carlo, Patrician of Naples, born 16 August 1851; died without issue 22 August 1859.

3d Maria Rosalia, died 12 November 1859.

4d Maria, born at Naples 7 June 1853, married 26 April 1874 Gandolfo Messineo, and died 23 September 1913.

5d Ester, born at Naples 19 July 1855, married 20 October 1872 Riccardo Costarelli, and died 29 August 1913, leaving issue.

6d Riccardo, Patrician of Naples, born 18 April 1856; died 7 February 1859.

3c Carlo Eduardo, Patrician of Naples, Composer (particularly remembered for his opera Una cena in convitto), born 25 August 1829, married 8 February 1857 Michelina (born at Naples 26 June 1840; died at Naples 12 August 1906), daughter of Prince Michele Pignatelli di Cherchiara and his wife Giovanna di Sangro, and died 2 February 1909, having had issue,

1d Maria Gaetana, Nun, born at Naples 6 June 1858; died at Aversa 27 July 1928.

2d Maria Elisabetta, Nun, born at Casamicciola 28 August 1860; died 8 December 1942.

3d Giuseppe, Patrician of Naples, born 5 November 1861; died 30 August 1865.

4d Laura, born 4 October 1863; died 16 April 1869.

5d Maria, born 26 October 1865, married 14 October 1888 her cousin Eduardo Acton (see above), and died without issue 8 January 1942.

6d Agnese, born at Portici 23 October 1867, married Baldassarre Terribile, and died 8 April 1955.

7d Francesco, Patrician of Naples, born at Naples 2 April 1870; died without issue at Naples 6 June 1890.

8d Anna Maria, born at Naples 21 November 1871; died 5 November 1960.

9d Amalia Vincenza, born 24 October 1873; died 21 October 1874.

10d Paolino, Patrician of Naples, born 26 February 1878; died without issue 19 October 1957.

11d Gioacchino, Patrician of Naples, born 23 August 1880, married Leontina Risaliti, and died without issue 5 June 1946.

4c Elisabetta, born 27 November 1830; died 6 February 1853.

5c Eduardo Giovanni Francisco, Patrician of Naples, born 8 November 1833, married first 9 September 1859 Irene Pignatelli (born 9 December 1829; died 9 March 1872), widow of his brother Riccardo, daughter of Prince Michele Pignatelli di Cherchiara and his wife Giovanna di Sangro, and had issue,

1d Eleanora, born 16 August 1860, married Giovanni Antonio Moncada, and died 7 June 1943.

2d Maria Anna, (twin) born 7 September 1863, married Carlo-Giuseppe Gentile, and died 19 September 1918.

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3d Carolina, (twin) born 7 September 1863, and died 20 November 1865.

4d Giovanna, born 6 June 1866, married Mariano Stagno e Costarelli, Conte di Quintana, and died 28 December 1908.

5d Laura, born 7 February 1868, and died June 1868.

(5c cont) Eduardo Giovanni Francisco, Patrician of Naples, married second 20 March 1876 Catherine Manganaro, and died 30/31 December 1898, having had issue,

6d Filomena, born 8 February 1878, married Pietro Longo e Restuccia, and died 27 May 1950.

7d Eduardo Francesco, Patrician of Naples, born 8 September 1879, and married first Fernanda Perna, having issue,

1e Eduardo, Patrician of Naples, born 21 October 1904, and married first Orestina Coscia, having issue,

1f Oreste, Patrician of Naples, born 28 December 1928, and married Maria Teresa Benedetti, having issue,

1g •Paola, born 28 August 1966.

(1e cont) Eduardo, Patrician of Naples, married second Maria Luisa Zanon.

(7d cont) Eduardo Francesco, Patrician of Naples, married second Germina Rosina, leaving issue,

2e Maria, born 29 June 1914, and married Amando Passarello.

3e Giovanna-Laura, born 16 April 1916, and married Gian Luigi Vecchi.

4e Giuseppe, Patrician of Naples, born 28 May 1918, married Fernanda Ceriolo, and had issue,

1f +Eduardo, of Novara, Italy, Patrician of Naples, born 1 October 1950, and has issue,

1g +Alessandro, Patrician of Naples, living 2009.

2f •Maria Luce, born 10 November 1952.

3a Joan-Cathérine, baptised 22 December 1738, and died unmarried 1774.

4a Philip Edward, created Patrician of Naples 1802, Lieutenant-Colonel in service of the King of Naples, Order St Louis, baptised 7 May 1739; died without issue at the Monastery of St Maria in Portico 8 April 1820 (buried at the Monastery of St Maria in Portico).

5a Cathérine-Susan, born 27 January 1740, and died unmarried 1764.

The eldest son,

Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt, created Patrician of Naples 1802, Minister for Marine and War Kingdom of Naples 1779–89, Prime Minister Kingdom of Naples 1789-1806, Orders St Stephen Tuscany (1768), San Gennaro Naples (1785), St Andrew Russia (1800), Sts Alexander and Anne Russia (1800), Golden Fleece Spain (1802), educated at University of Pisa, baptised at St Marcellin, Besançon 3 June 1736, married 22 February 1800 his niece Mary Anne (Nonna) Acton (see above), and died at Palermo, Italy 12 August 1811, having had issue,

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1a Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton, 7th Bt, see below.

2a Cardinal Charles Januarius Edward, Patrician of Naples, educated at Magdalene College Cambridge and Pontificia Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici, Attaché to Papal Nuncio Paris 1828, Papal Vice-Legate Bologna 1829, Sec Congregation Religious Discipline, Auditor Apostolic Chamber 1837, Cardinal 24 January 1842, born at Naples 6 March 1803, and died at Naples 23 June 1847.

3a Elizabeth, born 20 October 1806, married 16 July 1829 Sir Robert George Throckmorton, 8th Bt (born at Queen Street, Mayfair, London 5 December 1800; died at Hereford Street, Park Lane, London 28 June 1862), eldest son of William Throckmorton and his wife Frances Giffard, and died 4 April 1850, leaving issue.

The elder son,

Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton later DALBERG-ACTON (royal license 20 December 1833), 7th Bt, JP, DL (Shropshire), Patrician of Naples, born at Palermo 24 July 1801, educated Magdalene College Cambridge, Neapolitan Attaché St Petersburg, Gentleman-in-Waiting to King Ferdinand II of Naples, married at Paris 9 July 1832 Baroness Marie Louise Pelline Kämmerer von Worms gennant von Dalberg (born at Paris 6 January 1813; died at Brighton 14 March 1860, married second 25 July 1840 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville), only surviving child and heiress of Emmerich Josef Franz Heinrich Felix Dismas Kämmerer von Worms gennant von Dalberg, 1st Duke of Dalberg (created 14 April 1810) and a Peer of France (created 17 August 1815), member of the French Provisional Government 1814, French Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna 1815, and his wife Pellina, daughter of Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale, 9th Marquis of Groppoli, of Genoa, and died 31 January 1837, having had issue,

1a Sir John Em(m)erich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt, and 1st Baron Acton, see below.

The only son,

Sir John Em(m)erich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt, and 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham, Shropshire (UK), so created (at the suggestion of Gladstone, who Acton revered but who he also greatly influenced, particularly over Irish Home Rule) 11 December 1869, KCVO (1897), JP and DL (Shropshire), Patrician of Naples, declared UK subject by Act of Parliament 1859, MP (Liberal) Carlow 1859–65 and Bridgnorth 1865–66 (majority of one, unseated on petition, stood again unsuccessfully 1868), member Royal Commission Historical MSS., member Senate London University, Hon Dr Munich University 1872, FSA 1876, LLD Cantab 1888 and St Andrews, DCL Oxon 1887, Hon Fellow All Souls 1890, Hon Fellow Trinity College Cambridge 1895, Tstee Br Museum, Ld-in-Waiting 1892–95, Regius Prof Modern History Cambridge 1895, editor Rambler (a liberal Catholic monthly) 1859–62 and (under its new name as a quarterly) The Home and Foreign Review 1862–64, co-founder English Historical Review 1886, 1st edition Cambridge Modern History, author: Lectures on Modern History (1906), The History of Freedom, and other Essays (1907), Historical Essays and Studies (1907) and Lectures on the French Revolution (1910), born at Naples 10 January 1834, educated Oscott and privately in Munich under Proffesor von Döllinger, married at St Martens, Austria 1 August 1865 Countess Maria Anna Ludomilla Euphrosina von Arco-Valley (born 11 April 1841; died 3 April 1923), second daughter of Count Johann Maximilian von Arco-Valley and his wife Countess Anna Margareta Maria Juliana Pelina Marescalchi, and died 19 June 1902 (buried at Tegernsee, Bavaria), having had issue,

1a Mary (Mamy) Elizabeth Anne, born 15 August 1866, married at Tegernsee, Germany 21 October 1901 Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Bleiddian Herbert, DL, 17th Lancers (born 1858; died 29 April 1931), third son of John Arthur Edward Herbert (formerly Jones), JP, DL, of Llanarth Court and Treowen and his wife Hon Augusta Hall, and died 9 January 1955, leaving issue.

2a Annie Mary Catherine Georgiana, born at London 26 September 1868, and died unmarried at Thun, Switzerland 30 September 1917 (buried at Thun).

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3a Richard Maximilian, 2nd Baron Acton of Aldenham, see below.

4a John Dalberg, Patrician of Naples, born at London 30 May 1872; died 16 April 1873.

5a Elizabeth (Lily) Mary Catherine, born at Tegernsee 21 April 1874, and died at Tegernsee 1 October 1881 (buried at Tegernsee).

6a Jeanne (Simmy) Marie, born at London 12 March 1876, and died unmarried at Thun 18 May 1919 (buried at Thun).

The elder son,

Richard Maximilian Dalberg-Acton later LYON-DALBERG-ACTON (Royal Licence 1919), 2nd Baron Acton of Aldenham, 9th Bt, KCVO, JP and DL of Shropshire, Patrician of Naples, declared British subject by Act of Parliament 1911, educated at Magdalen College Oxford, Clerk Foreign Office 1894, third Secretary Diplomatic Service 1896, second Secretary 1900, first Secretary 1908, Cnsllr Emb 1914, Chargé d'Affaires Berne 1904–06, Madrid 1906–07, The Hague 1908–1911, Darmstadt 1911–14, Berne 1915–16, Consul-General Zurich 1917–18, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Finland 1919–20 (retired 1920), Lord-in-Waiting 1905–10 and 1910–15, Grand Officer Legion of Honour, Grand Cross Dannebrog, Royal Red Cross Serbia, born at Bavaria 7 August 1870, married 7 June 1904 Dorothy Lyon (born 4 January 1876; died 17 March 1923), only child of Thomas Henry Lyon, DL, of Appleton Hall, Cheshire and his wife Edith Grace Brancker, and died at London 16 June 1924, having had issue,

1a Marie (Mia) Immaculée Antoinette, born at Berne 1 April 1905, Dame Honour and Devotion SMO, married 25 February 1933 John Douglas Woodruff, CBE (born 1897; died 9 March 1978), son of Cumberland Woodruff, and died without issue at Marcham Priory, Oxfordshire 5 April 1994.

2a Dorothy Elizabeth Anne Pelline, born at London 25 June 1906, married 6 June 1928 Edward Joseph Eyre (died 6 October 1962), son of Edward Eyre, of New York and Park Lane, and died 7 April 1998, leaving issue.

3a John Emerich Henry, 3rd Baron Acton of Aldenham, see below.

4a Richard William Heribert Peter, MBE (1940), Patrician of Naples, Temporary Major Intelligence Corps WW II, junior officer at MI14(b) (which specialised in intelligence about Germany), born 21 February 1909, married 16 December 1937 Jill Ehlert, only daughter of Hugo C Ehlert, of Buenos Aires, and died with his wife in an air crash near Bathurst, Gambia 7 September 1946.

5a Helen Mary Grace, born at Appleton Hall, Cheshire 21 May 1910, married 6 July 1933 (divorced 1959) Prince Guglielmo Camillo Carlo Rospigliosi, son of Prince Ludovico Guardino Carlo Francesco Rospigliosi and his wife Mildred Haseltine, and died 6 June 2001, leaving issue.

6a Gabrielle (Bunny) Marie Leopoldine, born 15 December 1912, and died unmarried 2 August 1930.

7a Joan Henrica Josepha Mary Clare, born at Spiez, Switzerland 7 August 1915, and died unmarried 14 November 1995.

8a Margaret (Puggy) Mary Teresa; born at Berne 27 May 1919, and died unmarried 9 December 1997, leaving issue.

9a Ædgyth (Aelda) Bertha Milburg Mary Antonia Frances, OBE (1986), born at Aldenham 15 December 1920, married 7 July 1949 •John Alexander Callinicos, youngest son of Alexander Theodore Callinicos, of Ithaca, Greece, and died June 1995, leaving issue.

The elder son,

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John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton of Aldenham, 10th Bt, CMG (1964), MBE (1945), TD, DL (Shropshire), Patrician of Naples, declared UK subject by Act of Parliament 1911, educated Downside, RMC Sandhurst and Trinity College Cambridge, Major RA (TA) WW II, Chm: Gwebi Agricultural College 1958–62, Chibero Agricultural College 1960–65, Br Red Cross Society (Rhodesia br) 1962–68, President Rhodesia Agricultural Show Society 1960–64; Director Red Cross Society (Swaziland br) 1967–70, born at Bordighera, Italy 15 December 1907, married 25 November 1931 Hon Daphne Strutt (born 5 November 1911; died 18 February 2003), only daughter of Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (qv) and his wife Lady Mary Hilda Clements, and died 23 January 1989, having had issue,

1a •Pelline Margot (Rottenbiller u 10fsz 2, 1074 Budapest, Hungary), born 24 December 1932, married 30 June 1953 Laszlo Marffy (born 20 November 1928; died 28 July 2008), son of Elemer Marffy and his wife Countess Klára Széchenyi de Sárvár-felsõvidék, and has issue.

2a Charlotte, born 6 December 1934; died 1 March 1935.

3a •Catherine (The Old Rectory, Coates, near Cirencester, Glos), born 30 September 1939, educated Assumption Convent Grahamstown South Africa and St Clare's Oxford, married 20 February 1960 •Hon Joseph Mervyn Corbett (born 22 April 1929), fourth son of Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan (qv) and his wife Gwyn Mervyn Grimond, and has issue.

4a Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th and present Baron Acton of Aldenham

5a +John Charles (Franciscan Study Centre, Giles Lane, Cantebury, Kent CT2 7NA), Patrician of Naples, born 26 January 1943, educated St George's Zimbabwe and Gregorian University Rome, Lecturer Theology Franciscan International Study Centre 1999–; member of the International Theological Commission 1992–, Canon Westminster Cathedral 2002.

6a +Robert Peter (Framley Garth, Dullingham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9JT), Patrician of Naples, educated St George's, Zimbabwe, Director Darley Stud management, managed Newsells Park Stud, born at Beaconsfield 23 June 1946, married 28 June 1974 •Michèle Danièle Laigle (born at Colon, Panama 5 February 1952), daughter of Henri Joseph Camille Laigle (Corporal, Free French Army detachment in American Army, Croix de Guerre) and his wife Liliane Monique Coupé, and has issue,

1b +Christopher Richard Henri, Patrician of Naples, born 28 September 1977, educated Ampleforth and Edinburgh University (BA), married 28 July 2007 •Laura Jane Murphy (born 23 August 1977), daughter of Roger George Ronald Murphy and his wife Jane Ann Crewe, and has issue,

1c •Rose Barbara, born at London 9 May 2008.

2c +John Edward Roger, Patrician of Naples, born at St George’s Hospital, Streatham, London 17 September 2010.

2b +Patrick (Patch) John Pascal, Patrician of Naples, born 9 June 1979, educated Ampleforth and University of Edinburgh.

3b +William Benjamin, Patrician of Naples, born at Newmarket, Suffolk 28 August 1986, educated Ampleforth and University of East Anglia.

7a •Jill Mary Joan (46 Clarence Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9UH), born 15 June 1947, educated Marymount Convent Zimbabwe and OU (BA), solicitor, married 1 March 1969 •Nicholas Lampert (born 25 August 1945), son of Eugene Lampert, PhD, of Keele U, and his wife Katharine Sophy Ridley, only daughter of Hon Sir Jasper Ridley, KCB, OBE, TD, and has issue.

8a +Edward David Joseph, Patrician of Naples, (365 Unthank Road, Norwich NR4 7QG), Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia 2009-, educated St George's Zimbabwe, York U (BA) and St Edmund's College Cambridge (PhD 1976), author: Alexander Herzen and the role of the

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Intellectual Revolutionary (1979) etc, born 4 February 1949, married 8 April 1972 •Stella Marie Conroy, only daughter of Henry Conroy, of Bolton and his wife Violet Moore, and has issue,

1b •Helen Marie (Flat 4, 52 Adelaide Ave, London SE4 1YR), born 23 January 1974, educated Withington Girls' School Manchester and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, events co-ordinator.

2b •Natalie Elizabeth (190b Bedford Hill, London SW12 9HL), born 7 June 1977, educated Notre Dame HS Norwich and New College Oxford (BA), with policy directorate 10 Downing Street.

9a +Peter Hedley, Patrician of Naples, (Dancing Dicks, Blunts Hall Rd, Witham, Essex), born 27 March 1950, educated Red Rice, RAC Cirencester and Sussex U (BA), married 1981 •Anne, daughter of James Sinclair, of Sandy, Orkney Isles, and has issue,

1b +Simon Richard, Patrician of Naples, born 13 October 1981, educated Anglo-European School Ingatestone and Kent University.

1b •Emily Elizabeth, born 29 May 1989.

10a •Mary Anne (8 St Margaret's Rd, Oxford OX2 6RU), born 30 March 1951, educated Marymount Convent Zimbabwe, assist to Lord Neill of Bladen (qv), married 15 April 1972 •Timothy John Sheehy, only son of Matthew Joseph Sheehy, and has issue.

11a •Jane (Lower Farm House, Taston, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 3JL), born at Bindura,Southern Rhodesia 25 January 1954, educated Waterford School Mbabane, Swaziland andWeymouth College of Education, Director of Communications, The Mulberry Bush School, married first at London 13 December 1975 (divorced 1983) Charles Thomas Pugh (born 4 July 1951; died 4 July 1989), only son of Rev F William Pugh and his wife Janet, and has issue. The Hon Mrs Jane Pugh married second at London 26 August 1983 •Xan de Crespigny Smiley (born at Hanover 1May 1949) elder son of Colonel David Smiley and his wife Moyra Montague Douglas Scotteducated at Eton, New College Oxford, Middle-East and Africa editor for The Economist, and has issue.

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