William Acton (Wicklow MP)
Sir Ralph Howard | |
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| Member of Parliament for Wicklow | |
| In office 1841–1848 | |
| Preceded by | James Grattan Ralph Howard |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Milton Ralph Howard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1789 |
| Died | 1854 (aged 64–65) |
Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854) was an Irish Conservative Party politician.
Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the disembodied Wicklow Militia on 30 April 1833.
He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837. He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following year by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.