Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton
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Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, KCVO
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(7 August 1870 – 16 June 1924) was a British
Peer and diplomat. Despite his British roots and long service, having been born abroad, he was not formally a British subject, until he was naturalised by Act of Parliament
in 1911. He was invested as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and with a Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
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Royal Victorian Order
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Justice of the Peace
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Deputy Lieutenant
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(7 August 1870 – 16 June 1924) was a British
United Kingdom
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Peer and diplomat. Despite his British roots and long service, having been born abroad, he was not formally a British subject, until he was naturalised by Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
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in 1911. He was invested as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and with a Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the absolutism of the nobility. The Order was only to comprise 50 noble Knights in one class plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons...
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