Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . and the handsome, neat, and uniform appearance of this pile of building ismuch admired. The centre and wings appear to be of equal dimensions : over the formerare neat battlements. It seems, according to Burkes Peerage, that Sir Ferdinand RichardActon, Baronet, was bom on the 24th of July, 1801, and succeede
Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . and the handsome, neat, and uniform appearance of this pile of building ismuch admired. The centre and wings appear to be of equal dimensions : over the formerare neat battlements. It seems, according to Burkes Peerage, that Sir Ferdinand RichardActon, Baronet, was bom on the 24th of July, 1801, and succeeded to the title on thedeath of his father, on the 12th of August, 1811. Sir Ferdinand is the seventh lineage of the family is as follows :— 1.—Edward Acton, Esq., was created a baronet on the 17th of January, 164J, and wassucceeded by his eldest son in 1659. 2.—Sir Walter, who died in 1665, was succeeded by his son and heir. 3.—Sir Edward, to whom succeeded, in 1716, his eldest son. 4.—Sir Whitmore, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Gibbon, Esq., (theancestor of the Roman historian) died on the 17th of January, 1731-2, leaving threedaughters and one son, his successor. 5.—Sir Richard, born 1st of January, 1711-12, married, in 1744, Anne, daughter of.
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