ACTON, William, Esq.,
of
West Aston, Co. Wicklow, M.P. for that Co., b. in 1789; m. 1817, Caroline, dau. of Thomas
Walker, Esq., Master in Chancery, and has issue, Thomas, b. in 1826, William, b. 1828,
Charles, b. 1830, and Jane.
Mr. Acton, who is Lieut. Colonel of the Wicklow malitia, is
also a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant, and served as High Sheriff in 1820. |
Lineage:
Thomas Acton, Esq., who m. Eleanor,
dau. of Colonel Kempston, and granddau, of Thomas Maule, Esq., Commissioner of Customs,
was father of
William Acton, Esq., who m. Jane
Parsons, granddau. of Sir William Parsons, Bart. of Birr Castle, and was father of
Thomas Acton, Esq., of West Aston,
who m. in 1780, Sidney, dau. of Joshua Davis, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, of Dublin, and had
issue,
William,
now of West Aston.
Thomas, m. Sidney, dau. of Hampden
Evans, Esq., of Portrane, Co. Dublin.
Anna Maria, m. to Major Warburton,
of Southfield, Co. Gloucester.
Jane, m. to George Drought, Esq.,
of Glencorry, Co. Wicklow. |