Joseph Acton (MP) explained

Joseph Acton
Office:	Member of Parliament for Wigan
Term Start:	3 October 1854
Term End:	28 March 1857
Predecessor:	James Alexander Lindsay Ralph Anthony Thicknesse
Successor:	Francis Powell Henry Woods
Birth Date:	1803
Nationality:	British
Party:	Whig

Joseph Acton (1803 – 8 December 1862)^[1] was a British Whig politician.^[2]

Acton was first elected Whig MP for Wigan at a by-election in 1854–caused by the death of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse–and held the seat until 1857 when he did not seek re-election.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 22 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722142411/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons4.htm . 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
2. News: Wigan Election . 22 July 2018 . Coventry Standard . 6 October 1854 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 331–332.