Acton Family History
Pictures
The Acton family portraits
By courtesy of Peter Acton.
Biographies
Biography of Colonel Charles Ball-Acton
Including letters and diary entries about the Afghan campaign 1878-80.
The Life of Evelyn Caroline Annesley Wynne née Acton
Brief lives and anecdotes
The Acton plaque at Cheltenham
Three Acton brothers brought the game of Rugby Football to Cheltenham College.
Letters from Monkton Combe School
These five letters are the only memorial to William Parsons Ball-Acton.
The Hero of Inkerman
William Molesworth Cole Acton served in the Crimea, and gained fame in the Battle of Inkerman, November 5th 1854. He received a staff appointment
a few years after the Crimean War, and ultimately retired from the army with the rank of Colonel.
Charles Acton, music critic and polymath
Charles Acton was for very many years the music critic of the Irish Times.
An Acton holds her own against Dean Swift
An amusing anecdote.
Charles Annesley Acton
Reginald Acton
Charles and his brother Reginals were killed in the first World War.
The Acton estate
Kilmacurragh, the Acton family estate
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