- GB-2014-WSA-01916
- Person
- 1712-1791
ACTON, SIR RICHARD, BART., son of Sir Whitmore Acton, Bart. MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Matthew Gibbon, Westcliffe, Kent; b. 1 Jan 1711/2; adm. Mar 1722/3; in school list 1727/8; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1728/9; succ. father as 5th baronet 8 Jan 1731/2; adm. Inner Temple 23 Dec 1732; of Aldenham Hall, Shropshire; contested Bridgnorth 1734 and 1741; High Sheriff of Shropshire 16 Jan 1751; later a Roman Catholic convert; m. 21 Sep 1744 Lady Anne Grey, sister of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (qv); d. 20 Nov 1791.