Sir Ralph Howard | |
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Member of Parliament for Wicklow | |
In office 1841–1848 Serving with Sir Ralph Howard, 1st Baronet, Viscount Milton | |
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)[1] was an Irish Conservative Party politician.
Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the disembodied Wicklow Militia on 30 April 1833.[3]
He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow,[4] having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837.[4] He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following year[4] by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.[5]