Peerage Record – 25706

     Major-Gen. Thomas Heward Acton was born on 12 June 1917.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Maxwell Acton and Elsie Lorna Heward Bell.¹ He died on 22 January 1977 at age 59 at Torbay, Devon, England.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was commissioned in 1937, in the service of the Rifle Brigade.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was Military Assistant to the Governor of Cyprus between 1955 and 1957.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1957.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1963.¹ He was the Deputy Director of Army Staff Duties, Ministry of Defence between 1966 and 1967.¹ He was the General Officer Commanding in 1967.¹ He was General Officer Commanding of the Southwest District between 1969 and 1970.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General.¹ He was the Deputy Commander in Northern Ireland in 1970.¹ He was the Chief of Staff to the General Officer Commanding, and Director of Operations, in Northern Ireland between 1970 and 1971.¹ He retired from the military in 1971.¹ As of 1976, Major-Gen. Thomas Heward Acton lived at The Old Rectory, Thurlbear, Taunton, Somerset, England^G.¹

     Barbara Lucy Ussher Acton was born on 21 February 1915.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Maxwell Acton and Elsie Lorna Heward Bell.¹ She married Lt.-Cdr. Arthur John Arundell Holdsworth, son of Captain Frederick John Cropper Holdsworth, on 27 July 1940.¹
     From 27 July 1940, her married name became Holdsworth.

     Lt.-Cdr. Arthur John Arundell Holdsworth is the son of Captain Frederick John Cropper Holdsworth.¹ He married Barbara Lucy Ussher Acton, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Maxwell Acton and Elsie Lorna Heward Bell, on 27 July 1940.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ Lt.-Cdr. Arthur John Arundell Holdsworth usually went by his middle name of John.¹ As of 1976, Lt.-Cdr. Arthur John Arundell Holdsworth lived at Holbeam Mill, Cherkombe Bridge, Devon, England^G, near Newton Abbot.¹

     Captain Frederick John Cropper Holdsworth gained the rank of Captain.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He lived near Kingsbridge, Devon, England.¹ He lived at The Mount, Totnes, Devon, England^G.¹

     Margaret Ussher Acton was born in 1869.¹ She was the daughter of Colonel Hampden Acton and Lucy Ussher Greer.¹ She died on 7 February 1953, unmarried.¹

     William Acton was born on 5 October 1824.¹ He was the son of Reverend Thomas Acton and Sidney Elizabeth Evans.¹ He married Georgina Lowry, daughter of James Lowry and Harriet Pepper, on 16 January 1852.¹ He died on 9 January 1896 at age 71.¹
     He held the office of High Sheriff of County Leitrim in 1875, an unknown place.¹ He lived at Brookville, Raheny, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Georgina Lowry was the daughter of James Lowry and Harriet Pepper.^1,2 She married William Acton, son of Reverend Thomas Acton and Sidney Elizabeth Evans, on 16 January 1852.¹ She died on 31 October 1905.¹
     From 16 January 1852, her married name became Acton.

     James Lowry was born in 1787.² He was the son of James Lowry and Martha Leslie.² He married, firstly, Harriet Pepper, daughter of Thomas Pepper, on 6 August 1801.² He married, secondly, Emily Greer, daughter of Joseph Greer and Mary Harpur, on 15 June 1835.² He died on 14 June 1847.²
     He lived at Rockdale, County Tyrone, Ireland^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Thomas Hampden Evans Acton was born on 9 December 1854.¹ He was the son of William Acton and Georgina Lowry.¹ He married, firstly, Olivia Charlotte Jessie May, daughter of Rt. Hon. George Augustus Chichester May and Olivia Barrington, on 18 January 1882.¹ He married, secondly, Eva Osborne, daughter of Charles William Osborne, in 1922 at Naples, Italy^G.² He died on 6 October 1934 at age 79.²
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England^G.¹ He served in First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Olivia Charlotte Jessie May was born on 20 September 1854.² She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. George Augustus Chichester May and Olivia Barrington.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Thomas Hampden Evans Acton, son of William Acton and Georgina Lowry, on 18 January 1882.¹ She died on 13 August 1921 at age 66.¹
     From 18 January 1882, her married name became Acton.