Acton (17371808)

Acton, an adventurer of English birth, who became prime minister of Naples, but was driven from the helm of affairs on account of his inveterate antipathy to the French (17371808).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Actium * Acton, Lord
Acroliths
Acrop`olis
Acrote`ria
Acta diurna
Acta Sanctorum
Actæon
Actinic rays
Actinism
Actinomycosis
Actium
Acton
Acton, Lord
Acts of the Apostles
Acun`ha, Tristram d'
Acupressure
Acupuncture
Adair, Sir Robert
Adal
Adalbe`ron
Adalbert
Adalbert, St.

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Acton in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable