William Acton (Wicklow MP)

Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854)[1] was an Irish Conservative Party politician.

For other people named William Acton, see William Acton (disambiguation).

Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2]He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow,[3] having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837.[3] He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following year[3] by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.[4]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p5: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 323. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.
  4. "No. 20852". The London Gazette. 2 May 1848. p. 1705.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Grattan
Sir Ralph Howard, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Wicklow
1841–1848
With: Sir Ralph Howard, Bt to 1847
Viscount Milton from 1847		 Succeeded by
Viscount Milton
Sir Ralph Howard, Bt
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