Sir Ralph Howard
Member of Parliament
for Wicklow
In office
1841–1848
Preceded byJames Grattan
Ralph Howard
Succeeded byViscount Milton
Ralph Howard
Personal details
Born1789
Died1854 (aged 6465)

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

  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. 1 2 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.


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