John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton
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John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton, CMG
, MBE
, TD
, DL
(15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989) was a British Peer. The son of Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
, he succeeded to the barony upon the death of his father.
He married Daphne Strutt, daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh on 25 November 1931. The couple had the following children:
Order of St Michael and St George
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, MBE
Order of the British Empire
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, TD
Territorial Decoration
The Territorial Decoration was a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army...
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Deputy Lieutenant
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(15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989) was a British Peer. The son of Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton
Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, KCVO, JP, DL was a British Peer and diplomat. Despite his British roots and long service, having been born abroad, he was not formally a British subject, until he was naturalised by Act of Parliament in 1911...
, he succeeded to the barony upon the death of his father.
He married Daphne Strutt, daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh on 25 November 1931. The couple had the following children:
- Hon. Pelline Margot Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 24 December 1932)
- Hon. Charlotte Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (1934–1935)
- Hon. Catherine Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 30 December 1939)
- Sir Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton and Baron Acton of Bridgnorth was a British Labour politician....
(b. 30 July 1941 — d. 10 October 2010) - Reverend Canon Dr John Charles Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 26 January 1943)
- Hon. Robert Peter Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 23 June 1946)
- Hon. Jill Mary Joan Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 15 June 1947)
- Dr Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-ActonEdward Acton (academic)The Hon Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-Acton FRHistS is a British academic and current Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia....
(b. 4 February 1949) - Hon. Peter Hedley Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 27 March 1950)
- Hon. Mary Anne Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 30 March 1951)
- Hon. Jane Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 25 January 1954)