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Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (c. 1677 – 17 January 1731/32) was a British Member of Parliament.[1]

Aldenham Park

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

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

Personal life

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He married Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon of Putney, Surrey, a relation of the famous historian Edward Gibbon, and had the following children:[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "ACTON, Whitmore (1678–1732), of Aldenham Hall, nr. Bridgnorth, Salop". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

Sources

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by

Sir Humphrey Briggs
William Whitmore

Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth
1710–1713
With: Richard Cresswell
Succeeded by

William Whitmore
John Weaver

Baronetage of England
Preceded by

Sir Edward Acton

Baronet
(of Aldenham)
1716–1731/32
Succeeded by

Sir Richard Acton

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