Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton

Richard Gerald Lyon- Dalberg - Acton, 4th Baron Acton ( born July 30, 1941 in Aldenham Park, Hertfordshire, † October 10, 2010 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) was a British peer and politician of the Labour Party.

Life and career

Lyon- Dalberg - Acton came from a Catholic aristocratic British family and was born on the family headquarters Aldenham Park. He was the eldest son of John Lyon- Dalberg - Acton, 3rd Baron Acton and his wife Daphne, daughter of Robert Strutt. He attended St. George 's College in Salisbury, Rhodesia, now Harare, Zimbabwe. He then studied Modern History (Modern History) at Trinity College, University of Oxford, where he graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1988 he obtained there also a Master of Arts.

From 1964 to 1966 he was a manager at Amalgamated Packaging Industries Ltd.. active in Rhodesia. From 1971 to 1974 he was director of the private bank Coutts & Co. In 1976 he was, according to a legal education at the British barrister, politician and writer Peter Rawlinson, as a lawyer at the London Bar of the Inner Temple admitted and practiced four years from 1977 to 1981 as Barrister. From 1981 to 1985, he served as Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Justice of Zimbabwe (Senior Law Officer of the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Zimbabwe) operates. 1989 Lyon- Dalberg - Acton inherited when his father died his title and took over responsibilities in the parliamentary committees of the House of Lords. He inherited the title of baronet of Aldenham.

Acton since 1996 was patron ( patron ) of Mind Jubilee Appeal and since 1998 of the Mulberry Bush School. Since 2002 he was a patron of the Apex Trust, previously he was there since 1995 Vice Patron ( Vice - Patron ). He was also a patron of the Frank Longford Trust since 2002 and the Hansard Society since 2003. During the Old Creamery Theatre Company Iowa he was a member of the Trusteeship Council ( Trustee ) since 1995. From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the Board (Court) from Oxford Brookes University. Since 1999 he was a member of the Library Advisory Committee of the State Historical Society of Iowa ( SHSI ). Since 2006 he was Honorary President ( Honorary President) of the Association of American Study Abroad Programmes UK. From 1980 to 1994 he was also a sponsor ( sponsor ) of the British Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa.

He was also active as an author and a contributor to anthologies and magazines. In Iowa he was an honorary citizen.

Membership in the House of Lords

Acton was from 23 January 1989, the House of Lords. By the death of his father he had inherited his title and seat. His inaugural address was delivered on 18 February 1991. Between 1998 and 1999 he was a member of the House of Lords Refreshment Committee and from 2001 to 2005 Member of the Special Committee on Constitutional Affairs ( Select Committee on the Constitution ). From 2002 to 2005 and from 2006 he was a member of the Joint Special Committee on Gesetzeskodifizierungen (Joint Select Committee Consolidation Bills). From 2006 to 2007 he was a member of the Select Committee on Delegated Policy and Regulatory Reform. Through the House of Lords Act 1999, the majority of hereditary peers lost their headquarters Lyon- Dalberg - Acton, however, received a life peerage as Baron Acton of Bridgnorth, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, so he could continue his work in the relevant bodies. Most recently, he reported there on 16 March 2010 on word. On a vote he took part last on March 22, 2010.

Family and death

On August 28, 1965, he married Hilary Juliet Sarah Cookson. With her he had a son, John Lyon- Dalberg - Acton. She died on 25 October 1973. Acton married 1974, the author Judith Garfield Todd, the daughter of Garfield Todd. They divorced in 1987.

Lyon- Dalberg - Acton married 1988 Patricia Nassif, who works as a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City. The couple had residences in London and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They remained married until his death. The title passed to his son at his death.

He died on 10 October 2010 at the age of 69 years as a result of cancer.

Publications

  • The Spectator Annual, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993, ISBN 978-0002553278 ( posts)
  • To Go Free: A Treasury of Iowa 's Legal Heritage, Iowa State University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0813821788 ( with Patricia Nassif Acton, Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award 1996)
  • A Brit Among the Hawkeyes, Iowa State University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0813821900
  • Outside In: African- American History in Iowa, 1838-2000, Reflections of Iowa, 2001, ISBN 978-0890330135 ( posts)
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