Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650 – 28 September 1716) was the son of Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetage upon the death of his father.^[1] He was Tory Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth from 1689 until 1705, and was a barrister, being a member of the Inner Temple.

He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire from 1684 to 1685. He held the office of Recorder of Bridgnorth in 1701.^[2]

Family

He married Mary Walter, and they had the following children:

Leigh Rayment's list of baronets ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
David Hayton, "The Country Party in the House of Commons 1698-1699: a Forecast of the Opposition to a Standing Army?", Parliamentary History, Volume 6 (1987), 141-63

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Whitmore Roger Pope	Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth with Humphrey Briggs 1698–1705	Succeeded by William Whitmore Humphrey Briggs
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Sir Walter Acton	Baronet (of Aldenham) 1665–1716	Succeeded by Sir Whitmore Acton

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