Edward Acton

Edward Acton may refer to:

  • Edward Acton (MP for Shropshire), see Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) (died 1707), captain in the Royal Navy
  • Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet (1600–1659)
  • Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650–1716)
  • Edward Acton (academic) (born 1949), current Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia

Famous quotes containing the word edward:

    “No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse.”
    —W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)