John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton

John Emerich Henry Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton CMG MBE TD (15 December 1907 – 23 January 1989) was a British Peer. The son of Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, he succeeded to the barony upon the death of his father.

In December 1945, Acton was appointed to the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire as a Member. In February 1947, he was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Salop but resigned his commission in November the same year because he stopped living in the county. In the 1964 New Year Honours, Acton was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Companion.

Acton was a devout Catholic. He was a founder and president of the multiracial National Club in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

He married Daphne Strutt (d. 2003), daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh on 25 November 1931. The couple had eleven children:

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