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Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet (c. 1677 – 17 January 1731/32) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and the Middle Temple. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1716.

Acton lived at Aldenham Park, near Bridgnorth and held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1727–28.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Gibbon, daughter of Matthew Gibbon of Putney, Surrey, a relation of the famous historian Edward Gibbon, and had the following children:

• Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1 January 1712 – 20 November 1791)
• Elizabeth Acton (b. bef. 1730)
• Jane Acton (b. bef. 1732)
• Mary Acton (b. bef. 1732)

References

1. "ACTON, Whitmore (1678–1732), of Aldenham Hall, nr. Bridgnorth, Salop". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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