Joseph Acton (MP)

Joseph Acton
Joseph Acton
Member of Parliament ; for Wigan
	In office ; 3 October 1854 ? 28 March 1857 Serving with James Alexander Lindsay
Preceded by	James Alexander Lindsay ; Ralph Anthony Thicknesse
Succeeded by	Francis Powell ; Henry Woods
Personal details
Born	1803
Died	8 December 1862 (aged 59)
Nationality	British
Political 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]

References [ edit ]

^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" " . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . Archived from the original on 22 July 2018 . Retrieved 22 July 2018 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link )
^ "Wigan Election" . Coventry Standard . 6 October 1854. p. 2 . Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 331?332. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .

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Preceded by James Lindsay Ralph Anthony Thicknesse	Member of Parliament for Wigan 1854 ? 1857 With: James Alexander Lindsay	Succeeded by Francis Powell Henry Woods

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