| 词条 | John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton |
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John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton {{postnominals|country=GBR|CMG|MBE|TD}} (born Dalberg-Acton; 15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989), was a British peer and soldier. Early life and educationActon was born in Bordighera, Liguria, Italy,[1] the eldest son and third of nine children born to Richard Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, a diplomat in the foreign service. His mother was Dorothy Lyon, the only child of Thomas Henry Lyon of Appleton Hall, Cheshire.[2] The fourth generation of his family abroad, the 2nd Lord Acton and his children officially became British citizens in 1911 by Act of Parliament.[3] The family was living in Germany when the war broke out. They were temporarily detained in Baden Baden in 1914. In 1915, Lord Acton became chargé d'affaires in Berne. In 1919, his father added the additional surname and arms of Lyon when Lady Acton inherited from her father.[2] His mother died in 1923, when his youngest sister was just 2.[4] He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and Trinity College, Cambridge. He succeeded to the family titles upon the death of his father in 1924.[2] His only brother, Richard William Heribert Peter Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (1909–1946), was killed in a plane crash in Gambia in 1946.[2] HonoursIn December 1945, Acton was appointed to the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire as a Member.[5] In February 1947, he was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Salop[6] but resigned his commission in November the same year because he stopped living in the county.[7] In the 1964 New Year Honours, Acton was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Companion.[8] Personal lifeActon was a devout Catholic.[9] He was a founder and president of the multiracial National Club in Salisbury, Rhodesia. FamilyHe married Hon. Daphne Strutt (d. 2003), daughter of The 4th Baron Rayleigh, on 25 November 1931. The couple had eleven children:
He died in Mallorca, Spain in 1989.[10] Styles of address
References1. ^{{cite news |title=Births |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page= 1|date=17 December 1907}} {{S-start}}{{S-reg|uk}}{{Succession box2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editorlink=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages= 36-37|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Lord Acton's Nationality |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page= 12|date=25 July 1911 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Obituary: Lady Acton |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page=17 |date= 20 March 1923}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37386 |date=11 December 1945 |page=6060 |supp=y}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37887 |date=21 February 1947 |page=884}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38138 |date=2 December 1947 |page=5714}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=43207 |date=31 December 1963 |page=51 |supp=y}} 9. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ5YAAAAQBAJ|title=A Matter of Weeks rather than Months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965-1969|last=Wood|first=J. R. T.|date=2012-08-02|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=|isbn=9781466934108|location=|pages=131|language=en}} 10. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 | title=Baron Acton|before=Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton|after=Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton|years=1924–1989}}{{S-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Acton, John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron}}{{UK-baron-stub}} 13 : 1907 births|1989 deaths|Acton family|Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom|Baronets in the Baronetage of England|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Deputy Lieutenants of Shropshire|People from Bordighera|Rhodesian Roman Catholics|English Roman Catholics|20th-century Roman Catholics|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge |
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