John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton^[1]

1907 - 1989  (81 years)

• Birth	15 Dec 1907	Italy
  Education	- Downside - Royal Military College (RMC) Sandhurst - Trinity College Cambridge
  Occupation / Profession	- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Shropshire - Patrician of Naples - Major in Royal (Regiment of) Artillery (RA) Territorial Army (TA) during World War II
  Event	1911 (3 years old)
  	Declared a UK subject by Act of Parliament.
  Title	From 16 Jun 1924 to 23 Jan 1989 (16 years old)
  	- 15th Marquess of Groppoli - 3rd Baron Acton of Aldenham (Shropshire) [UK. 1869] - 10th Baronet (of Aldenham) [England. 1643/4]
  Honor	1945 (37 years old)
  	Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
  Occupation / Profession	From 1958 to 1962 (50 years old)
  	Chairman of Gwebi Agricultural College
  Occupation / Profession	From 1960 to 1965 (52 years old)
  	Chairman of Chibero Agricultual College
  Occupation / Profession	From 1960 to 1964 (52 years old)
  	President of Rhodesia Agricultural Show Society
  Occupation / Profession	From 1962 to 1968 (54 years old)
  	Chairman of British Red Cross Society (Rhodesia branch)
  Honor	1964 (56 years old)
  	Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG)
  Occupation / Profession	From 1967 to 1970 (59 years old)
  	Director of Red Cross Society (Swaziland brach)
  Honor	Territorial Decoration (TD)
  Death	23 Jan 1989
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William of Acton Burnell   (17 x Great Grandfather)  Dorothy Lyon           b. Date unknown             d. 17 Mar 1923  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 7 sisters
  	> 01. Marie Immaculée Antoinette Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 1 Apr 1905             d. 5 Apr 1994  (Age 89 years) └─John Douglas Woodruff           b. Date unknown             d. 9 Mar 1978  ,  m. 25 Feb 1933   + 02. Dorothy Elizabeth Anne Pelline Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 25 Jun 1906             d. 7 Apr 1998  (Age 91 years) └─Edward Joseph Eyre           b. Date unknown             d. 6 Oct 1962  ,  m. 6 Jun 1928   + 03. John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton           b. 15 Dec 1907, Italy           d. 23 Jan 1989  (Age 81 years) └─Daphne Strutt           b. Date unknown             d. 18 Feb 2003  ,  m. 25 Nov 1931   > 04. Richard William Heribert Peter Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 21 Feb 1909             d. 7 Sep 1946  (Age 37 years) └─Jill Ehlert           b. Date unknown             d. 7 Sep 1946  ,  m. 16 Dec 1937   > 05. Helen Mary Grace Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 21 May 1910             d. 6 Jun 2001  (Age 91 years) └─Prince Guglielmo Rospigliosi,  ,  m. 6 Jul 1933,  div. 1959     06. Gabrielle Marie Leopoldine Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 15 Dec 1912             d. 2 Aug 1930  (Age 17 years)   07. Joan Henrica Josepha Mary Clare Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 7 Aug 1915             d. 14 Nov 1995  (Age 80 years)   08. Margaret Mary Teresa Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 27 May 1919             d. 9 Dec 1997  (Age 78 years) + 09. Ædgyth Bertha Milburg Mary Antonia Frances Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 15 Dec 1920             d. Jun 1995  (Age 74 years) └─John Alexander Callinicos,  ,  m. 7 Jul 1949
  Person ID	P4367	Europe
  Links To	This person is also John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Maximillian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton           b. 7 Aug 1870, Bavaria           d. 16 Jun 1924 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Lyon           b. Date unknown             d. 17 Mar 1923
  Marriage	7 Jun 1904
  Age at Marriage	Richard was 33 years and 10 months old. Dorothy was ?? old. They were married for 18 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F2059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Daphne Strutt           b. Date unknown             d. 18 Feb 2003  [1]
  Marriage	25 Nov 1931
  Age at Marriage	John was 23 years and 11 months old. Daphne was ?? old. They were married for 57 years and 2 months.
  Children	+   1. Pelline Margot Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 24 Dec 1932 (Age 92 years) └─ Laszlo Marffy  m. 30 Jun 1953     2. Charlotte Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 6 Dec 1934             d. 1 Mar 1935 (Age 0 years)     3. Catherine Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 30 Sep 1939 (Age 85 years) └─ Joseph Mervyn Corbett  m. 20 Feb 1960 +   4. Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton           b. 30 Jul 1941             d. 10 Oct 2010 (Age 69 years) └─ Hilary Juliet Sarah Cookson  m. 28 Aug 1965;    └─ Judith Todd  m. 1 Jan 1974;    └─ Patricia Nassif  m. 1988     5. John Charles Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 26 Jan 1943 (Age 82 years) +   6. Robert Peter Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 23 Jun 1946 (Age 78 years) └─ Michèle Laigle  m. 28 Jun 1974 +   7. Jill Mary Joan Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 15 Jun 1947 (Age 77 years) └─ Nicholas Lampert  m. 1 Mar 1969 +   8. Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 4 Feb 1949 (Age 76 years) └─ Stella Marie Conroy  m. 8 Apr 1972 +   9. Peter Hedley Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 27 Mar 1950 (Age 75 years) └─ Anne Sinclair  m. 1981 + 10. Mary Anne Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 30 Mar 1951 (Age 74 years) └─ Timothy John Sheehy  m. 15 Apr 1972 + 11. Jane Lyon-Dalberg-Acton           b. 25 Jan 1954 (Age 71 years) └─ Charles Thomas Pugh  m. 13 Dec 1975;    └─ Xan de Crespigny Smiley  m. 26 Aug 1983
  Family ID	F2061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 36 - Column 2 and Page 37 Column 1 (Reliability: 3).