William Acton (Wicklow MP)
Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854)[1] was an Irish Conservative Party politician.
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[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- ^ "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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "No. 20852". The London Gazette. 2 May 1848. p. 1705.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Acton
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