• Henry Acton (10 March 1797 – 16 August 1843) was an English Unitarian minister, and author of numerous sermons, pamphlets, lectures, and statements. Acton...
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    Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English...
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  • Acton may refer to: Mount Acton Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie Acton Park, Tasmania, a...
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    Acton, West Acton, East Acton, South Acton, Acton Green, Acton Town, Acton Vale and Acton Central are all parts of Acton. Acton means "oak farm" or "farm...
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  • Acton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902): Lord Acton, the Catholic historian...
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    Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright...
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    Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet (3 June 1736 – 12 August 1811) was a French-born English gentleman who served as Commander of the naval forces...
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    Acton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 21 miles (34 km) west-northwest of Boston along Massachusetts Route 2...
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  • (1870–1924) John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton (1907–1989) Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (1941–2010) John Charles...
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  • Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton CMG MBE TD (born Dalberg-Acton; 15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989), was a British peer and soldier. Acton was...
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  • Robert Acton, cousin to the Wentworths, and they begin spending time together. Eugenia refers little to her marriage other than telling Mr. Acton she has...
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    Brian Howard, Henry Yorke, his brother Harold, Robert Byron, Alan Clutton-Brock, Hugh Lygon, Anthony Powell and Colin Anderson. In 1925, Acton moved to Christ...
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    Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, KCVO, JP, DL (7 August 1870 – 16 June 1924) was a British peer and diplomat, ultimately Britain's...
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    Acton (pronunciation) is an unincorporated census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, near the Antelope Valley. According to the 2010...
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    Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, West London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the border with the...
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  • appointed to the High Court of Justice. Edward Acton was born in Manchester, the son of Henry Morell Acton and of Anne Shaw, née Williamson. His father...
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  • and inherited half his goods and all his lands". In October 1532 Acton went with Henry VIII to Calais, fell ill there, and wrote to Cromwell for permission...
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    Acton Court Acton Court is in Gloucestershire, England Show map of Gloucestershire Acton Court Acton Court (England) Show map of England Acton Court Acton...
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    Buried & Memorialised The watercolour artist Henry Charles Brewer (1866–1950) lived on Perryn Road in Acton. Brewer executed the wall paintings at St Peter's...
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    Harry Burrows Acton (2 June 1908 – 16 June 1974) was an English academic in the field of political philosophy, known for books defending the morality...
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    1836) March 10 Henry Acton, English Unitarian minister (d. 1843) Selah R. Hobbie, United States Representative from New York (d. 1854) Henry Liddell, 1st...
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    Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9...
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    loyal lieutenants, Messrs S. B. Angwin and W. A. "Buster" Wheatley. Henry Acton (1797–1843), tutor, English Unitarian minister and author Edward Burrow...
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    185–186. Acton, p. 25. Acton, p. 44. Acton, p. 45. Acton, p. 160 Acton, p. 164 Acton, p. 46. Acton, p. 62. Acton, p. 70. Acton, p. 71. Acton, p. 73. Hale...
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  • Robert Dickson (489435), Ulster Defence Regiment. Captain Christopher Henry Acton Hawker (481788), The Royal Green Jackets. Major (E.M.A.E.) John Frederick...
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    Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic...
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  • The historic manor of Iron Acton was a manor centred on the village of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, England, situated about 9 miles (14 km) north-east...
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    the chapel include William Hale White (the author "Mark Rutherford"), Henry Acton, Adrian Boult—who was married there—and G. K. Chesterton. The chapel...
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    187. Acton, p. 111. Acton, p. 192. Acton, p. 27. Acton, p. 38. Hale, p. 180. Hale, p. 181. Acton, p. 108. Acton, p. 112. Acton, p. 182. Acton, p. 243...
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    Anne Brontë (redirect from Acton Bell)
    poems with her sisters and later two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 at the same time...
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