William Acton (Wicklow MP) explained

Sir Ralph Howard
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	1841
Term End:	1848
Predecessor:	James Grattan Ralph Howard
Successor:	Viscount Milton Ralph Howard
Birth Date:	1789

Lieutenant Colonel William Acton (1789 – 10 April 1854) was an Irish Conservative Party politician.

Acton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[1] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the disembodied Wicklow Militia on 30 April 1833.^[2]

He was elected at the 1841 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wicklow,^[3] having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832 and 1837. He was re-elected unopposed in 1847, but resigned the following yearby taking the Chiltern Hundreds.

Notes and References

1. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p5: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
2. Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 129.
3. Book: 1978 . Walker . Brian M. . Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922 . A New History of Ireland . Dublin . Royal Irish Academy . 323 . 0901714127 . 0332-0286 .