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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli,, better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer. A strong advocate for individual liberty, Acton is best known for his observation on the dangers of concentrated authority. In an 1887 letter to an Anglican bishop, he famously wrote, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute pow…
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Born 10 January 1834 · Died 19 June 1902 · Q311778
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
“s main theme by numerous historical examples of papal inconsistency, in a way which must have been bitter enough to the ultramontane party, but ultimately disagreeing with Gladstone”
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Died 1902-06-19.
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Acton died on 19 June 1902 at his wife's family home in the spa town of Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Career landmark: Regius Professor of History, Cambridge University (1895–1902).
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
On the death of Sir John Seeley, Lord Rosebery appointed him to the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Cambridge
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
When the Liberal government came in, Lord Acton was made a lord-in-waiting
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Received the high academic accolade of being made a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Acton inherited the dormant title of Marquess of Groppoli
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
When his cousin Maria, Duchess of Galliera died in 1888, Acton inherited the dormant title of Marquess of Groppoli.
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
On "The History of Freedom in Antiquity" and "The History of Freedom in Christianity"—these last the only tangible portions of his long-projected "History of Liberty" (they were published after his death in the 1907 book
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
When Gladstone published his pamphlet on The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance, Lord Acton wrote during November and December a series of remarkable letters to The Times, illustrating Gladstone's main
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Elizabeth Mary Dalberg-Acton (1874–1881)
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU); in 1888 Cambridge gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, and in 1889 Oxford the Doctor of Civil Law;
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Along with his mentor Döllinger, Acton opposed the moves to promulgate the doctrine of papal infallibility in the First Vatican Council, travelling to Rome to lobby against it, ultimately unsuccessfully
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (1870–1924)
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Queen Victoria raised Acton to the peerage as Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Annie Mary Catherine Dalberg-Acton (1868–1917)
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
“The Acton - Lee Correspondence”
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Mary Elizabeth Anne Dalberg-Acton (1866–1951), married Lt-Col.
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
However, Acton was not an active MP, and his parliamentary career came to an end after the general election of 1865, when he headed the Liberal ballot for Bridgnorth near his Shropshire home.
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Career landmark: member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1865–1866).
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
After Döllinger's appeal at the Munich Congress for a less hostile attitude towards historical criticism, the pope issued a declaration that the opinions of Catholic writers were subject to the authority of the Roman con
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Merged this periodical into the Home and Foreign Review
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Acton settled in England, at his country house, Aldenham, in Shropshire
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Career landmark: member of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1859–1865).
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Upon John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman's retirement from the editorship
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
In 1859, Acton settled in England, at his country house, Aldenham, in Shropshire.
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Was appointed deputy lieutenant of Shropshire
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Became the wife of the 2nd Earl Granville (1840)
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Born 1834-01-10.
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