About Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet
Lived 1600 – 1659 (aged 58). Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet was a politician.
Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet (baptised 20 July 1600 – buried 29 June 1659) was an English MP for Bridgnorth and High Sheriff of Shropshire, who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
Biography
He was born the son of Sir Walter Acton of Aldenham Park and Frances Acton, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He was created 1st Baronet Acton of Aldenham (Aldenham Hall, in Morville), Shropshire on 17 January 1643 (1644?).
He married Sarah Mytton, daughter of Richard Mytton and Margaret Owen, in 1624.
He died June 1659 and was buried on 29 June 1659.
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